Background
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. WHO lists the main functions of the World Health Assembly as being to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland. The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. At its main yearly meeting the members agree upon the agenda for the World Health Assembly and the resolutions to be considered by the Health Assembly, and a second shorter meeting takes place in May-June, as a follow-up to the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and advise and generally to facilitate its work.
WHO's decision-making body:
World Health Assembly
Where the Health Assembly meets:
Geneva, Switzerland, annually
Executive Board members:
34, technically qualified
Executive Board term:
three years
Board's second meeting:
May-June, following the Health Assembly
Why it matters for exams: Which WHO organ does what, the Executive Board's size and term, and the fact that the Assembly appoints the Director-General are all standard objective questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
World Health Assembly — WHO's decision-making body, in which all Member States are represented.
Programme budget — WHO's spending plan, which the Health Assembly reviews and approves.
Background
The Local Self Government Department's page on Suchitwa Mission records that the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the state was coordinated and monitored by the Kerala Total Sanitation and Health Mission (KTSHM), whose activities were confined to the rural Panchayats.
The Clean Kerala Mission (CKM) was separately enabling the urban and rural local bodies in establishing solid waste management systems.
To avoid duplication of efforts and to tackle existing and emerging challenges in various sanitation aspects for an overall health and environmental outcome, the page says it was felt necessary to have a professional institution.
Accordingly the above Missions were integrated as Suchitwa Mission, which started functioning since April 2008.
The department says this institutional reform enabled the up scaling of initiatives envisaged in the Malinya Mukta Keralam Action Plan.
Suchitwa Mission is listed among the Allied Institutions of the Local Self Government Department, alongside Kudumbashree, the Kerala Institute of Local Administration and the Clean Kerala Company.
Started functioning:
April 2008
Merged body one:
Kerala Total Sanitation and Health Mission (KTSHM)
Merged body two:
Clean Kerala Mission (CKM)
Earlier campaign:
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)
Action plan scaled up:
Malinya Mukta Keralam Action Plan
Parent department:
Local Self Government Department
Why it matters for exams: Kerala's sanitation and waste questions usually turn on which body does what, and the merger that created Suchitwa Mission explains why one agency now covers both rural and urban local bodies instead of two.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
KTSHM Kerala Total Sanitation and Health Mission — The body that coordinated and monitored the Total Sanitation Campaign in Kerala's rural panchayats before the merger.
CKM Clean Kerala Mission — The body that helped both urban and rural local bodies set up solid waste management systems before the merger.
7 October 2026
The World Health Organization published guidelines on the integrated management of obesity in adolescents.
The guidelines cover adolescents aged 10 to 19 and use a primary health care approach.
They are addressed to policy-makers, programme managers and health workers.
The recommendations span dietary interventions, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep, behaviour-changing interventions, digital health interventions, pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery and multimodal interventions.
WHO frames the guidelines as a response to the growing global burden of obesity.
The document runs to 133 pages and carries ISBN 978-92-4-012387-8.
Age group:
Adolescents aged 10-19
Pages:
133
ISBN:
978-92-4-012387-8
Why it matters for exams: WHO guideline documents, the 10-19 definition of adolescence and non-communicable disease policy are recurring health questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Bariatric surgery Bariatric surgery — Surgery on the stomach or intestines to treat severe obesity.
7 October 2026
A Nature paper published on 7 October 2026 compared gut microbiomes of the Tsimane of Bolivia and the Hadza of Tanzania.
The two populations share 1,231 microbial species, most of which are rare in or absent from industrialised populations.
Analysis of 636 shared species shows divergence and gene flow patterns consistent with prehistoric co-migration with humans.
About 60 per cent (848) of shared species are rare in or absent from industrialised populations; the estimated median split time is about 17,090 years.
The corresponding authors are Benjamin H. Good and Justin L. Sonnenburg; Sonnenburg is at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Shared microbial species:
1,231
Shared species analysed:
636
Estimated median split time:
About 17,090 years
Why it matters for exams: Human microbiome research and population genetics findings appear in science and health current-affairs questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Microbiome Community of microorganisms in a habitat — The community of microbes living in the gut.
7 October 2026
The Women and Child Development Department launched the project 'Women on the Move and Menstrual Needs' under the government's 100-day action plan.
Minister Bindu Krishna unveiled the facility at the Thampanoor KSRTC bus terminal in Thiruvananthapuram.
Sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators will be installed at 14 KSRTC centres in the first phase.
Each packet holds 3 napkins and costs ₹10, and ₹16 lakh has been allocated for the initial phase.
The partner is HLL Lifecare, and expansion is planned to tourist centres and other public spaces.
First-phase centres:
14 KSRTC centres
Price:
₹10 for 3 napkins
Allocation:
₹16 lakh
Why it matters for exams: A women and child welfare scheme under the 100-day action plan, combining menstrual hygiene with public-sector transport hubs.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
HLL HLL Lifecare — A public-sector healthcare products company that is the project partner.
Incinerator Incinerator — A unit that burns used napkins safely.
7 October 2026
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M heard the petitions in AIIMS Kasargod Janakeeya Koottayma v Union of India (WP(C) 18550/2024) on 7 October 2026.
The Centre said the proposal was at the consultation stage and no in-principle approval had been given, as states with weaker healthcare were being prioritised.
The Court asked whether better facilities become a handicap for the State and said there are enough reasons for Kerala to have an AIIMS.
It noted the proposal had been pending for almost ten years and that government hospitals will not be sufficient for the poor and needy.
The Centre was directed to review the matter, and the case is posted after six weeks.
Case:
WP(C) 18550/2024
Pending for:
almost ten years
Next hearing:
after six weeks
Why it matters for exams: Links PMSSY, the AIIMS expansion criteria and Centre-State health federalism, a recurring Kerala and UPSC theme.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
PMSSY Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana — The central scheme under which new AIIMS institutions are sanctioned.
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences — Central institutes of medical education and tertiary care.
7 October 2026
Haryana has opened the Chirayu-Ayushman Bharat scheme to families whose verified annual income is above ₹1.80 lakh, on payment of a yearly contribution.
Families earning ₹1.80 lakh to ₹3 lakh pay ₹1,500 a year, those earning ₹3 lakh to ₹6 lakh pay ₹4,000, and those above ₹6 lakh pay ₹5,000.
Enrolled families get free, cashless treatment up to ₹5 lakh a year at hospitals empanelled across the state.
Eligibility is decided by the verified annual income recorded in the Parivar Pehchan Patra.
The registration and payment portal is open until 30 November 2026, and the policy period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027.
Chirayu was first extended beyond Antyodaya households on 15 August 2023, to families earning above ₹1.80 lakh and up to ₹3 lakh on a contribution of ₹1,500 a year, with the Parivar Pehchan Patra as the only mandatory document.
Annual cover:
₹5 lakh
Contribution for ₹1.80 lakh to ₹3 lakh income:
₹1,500 a year
Contribution above ₹6 lakh income:
₹5,000 a year
Why it matters for exams: State health insurance schemes, their income slabs and their link to Ayushman Bharat are frequently asked in scheme-based questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Chirayu Comprehensive Health Insurance of Antyodaya Units — Haryana's extension of Ayushman Bharat to families outside the central eligibility list.
PPP Parivar Pehchan Patra — Haryana's family identity database, used to verify income for scheme eligibility.
7 October 2026
The World Health Organization said its immediate funding requirement for Yemen has increased from 9 million dollars to 31 million dollars as conflict escalates and needs rise.
An additional 700,000 dollars is needed to support refugees who have crossed to Djibouti.
More than 200,000 people have been displaced according to the International Organization for Migration, while close to 3,800 have fled across the Red Sea to Djibouti.
As of 2 October the Yemeni health authorities reported 959 deaths and 4,207 injuries across 10 governorates.
Fighting has been concentrated on the coast in Lahj governorate near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, in neighbouring Taiz and in Marib governorate in the north.
Nearly half the health facilities in the affected governorates lack partner support, with gaps in frontline trauma care and outpatient services.
Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Representative in Yemen, said the situation is evolving into a complex emergency.
WHO immediate requirement:
raised from $9 million to $31 million
Deaths as of 2 October:
959
Injuries as of 2 October:
4,207
Why it matters for exams: Yemen, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea route are frequently asked in world geography and current affairs.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Bab al-Mandeb Bab al-Mandeb Strait — The strait between Yemen and the Horn of Africa linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
Governorate Governorate — The first-level administrative division of Yemen, comparable to a state or district.
7 October 2026
A woman who worked at a laboratory in Russia's Irkutsk oblast in Siberia died, and the World Health Organization said the authorities were examining whether pneumonic plague caused her death.
WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in Geneva that her workplace was an institute studying dangerous pathogens, including plague, in a part of Siberia where plague occurs naturally in wild animals.
On 7 October, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Russian regulators had told WHO there was no evidence pneumonic plague played a part in her death and that no pathogens had been detected; about 200 of her contacts were placed in quarantine.
Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, usually found in small mammals and their fleas.
Pneumonic plague occurs when the bacteria infect the lungs and can spread from person to person through respiratory particles.
WHO says this form can be fatal within 18 to 24 hours of onset if untreated, but common antibiotics for enterobacteria can cure it if given early.
Nearly 4,000 plague cases and 423 deaths were reported across 10 countries between 2019 and 2025, most of them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar.
Region:
Irkutsk oblast, Siberia, Russia
Causative bacterium:
Yersinia pestis
Untreated pneumonic plague:
can be fatal within 18 to 24 hours
Contacts quarantined:
about 200
Why it matters for exams: Plague, its causative organism and the difference between its bubonic and pneumonic forms are standard biology and public health questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Yersinia pestis Yersinia pestis — The bacterium that causes plague, usually carried by small mammals and their fleas.
Pneumonic plague Pneumonic plague — The lung form of plague, which can pass directly between people through respiratory particles.
7 October 2026
The World Health Organization published the Global Roadmap for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy 2026-2035 and beyond.
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, particularly pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, are major causes of maternal death and severe illness worldwide.
WHO says they also contribute to stillbirth, preterm birth, newborn deaths and health-system costs, and have lasting effects on women's cardiovascular health.
Deaths from these disorders have declined too slowly over the past three decades, even as progress was made against other causes of maternal mortality.
The roadmap sets coordinated actions across five areas: research and innovation; norms and standards; access to health products; implementation; and advocacy and accountability.
It is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal targets 3.1 and 3.2 and was prepared with the Human Reproduction Special Programme.
The report runs to 74 pages and carries ISBN 978-92-4-012548-3.
Period covered:
2026-2035 and beyond
Action areas:
five
SDG targets:
3.1 and 3.2
Why it matters for exams: Maternal mortality causes and the SDG 3 targets are standard questions, and this roadmap names both.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Pre-eclampsia Pre-eclampsia — High blood pressure arising in pregnancy with signs of organ damage; a leading cause of maternal death.
SDG 3.1 Sustainable Development Goal target 3.1 — The global target on reducing the maternal mortality ratio.
7 October 2026
The World Health Organization released its first global guidelines on the integrated management of obesity in children and in adolescents.
WHO says child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of those aged five to 19.
In 2024 about 170 million children and adolescents were living with obesity: 70 million children aged five to nine and some 100 million adolescents up to 19.
WHO defines obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease caused by excessive fat deposits that can still be managed through effective care.
The guidelines strongly recommend dietary change, physical activity and other behavioural interventions as the foundation of care.
They do not recommend medicines, bariatric surgery or weight-loss devices for children aged 0 to 9.
For adolescents aged 10 to 19, approved medicines such as GLP-1 therapies should be considered only after a supervised lifestyle programme has failed, and bariatric surgery only under strict conditions in severe obesity.
Children and adolescents with obesity, 2024:
about 170 million
Prevalence, ages 5-19:
two per cent to around eight per cent since 1990
Age group where drugs are not recommended:
0-9 years
Why it matters for exams: Non-communicable disease burden and WHO norms are a recurring theme in both Kerala PSC and UPSC health and society questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Bariatric surgery Bariatric surgery — Surgery that changes the digestive system to induce weight loss.
GLP-1 Glucagon-like peptide-1 — A class of approved medicines used in obesity and diabetes care.
7 October 2026
The provisional rank list and index marks for admission to the Diploma in Ayurveda Pharmacy and the Diploma in Ayurveda Therapy for the 2026-27 academic year have been published.
The list is available on the website of the LBS Centre, www.lbscentre.kerala.gov.in.
Complaints on the list must be sent by email by 4 pm on 8 October 2026.
The notice was issued through the Information and Public Relations Department on 7 October 2026.
Enquiries are taken on the numbers given in the notice, including 0471-2324396.
Courses:
Diploma in Ayurveda Pharmacy; Diploma in Ayurveda Therapy
Academic year:
2026-27
Last time for complaints:
4 pm, 8 October 2026
Why it matters for exams: Which state agency conducts which admission is a recurring Kerala PSC question, and these two Ayurveda diplomas are handled by the LBS Centre.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
LBS Centre LBS Centre for Science and Technology — A Kerala government institution that conducts entrance examinations and admissions for several professional and diploma courses in the state.
Index mark — A combined score worked out from qualifying examination marks, used to rank candidates for admission.
7 October 2026
The Government of Kerala has invited applications for a vacancy on the Mental Health Review Board at Kannur.
The vacancy is for the member of the Board who is a medical practitioner.
Qualified persons may apply, and applications must reach by 23 October 2026.
Details of the eligibility conditions are published at www.ksmha.org.
The notice was issued through the Information and Public Relations Department on 7 October 2026.
Board location:
Kannur
Vacancy:
Member who is a medical practitioner
Last date:
23 October 2026
Why it matters for exams: Mental Health Review Boards are statutory bodies an aspirant is asked to place correctly, and this vacancy shows their composition includes a medical practitioner member.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Mental Health Review Board — A quasi-judicial body that reviews admissions to mental health establishments and hears complaints about care and rights.
7 October 2026
The Health Department and the National Health Mission are rolling out 'Oorumithram', a hamlet-level health care initiative for tribal settlements in Pathanamthitta district.
Thirteen Hamlet ASHA posts have been sanctioned at state level for the district, as announced on 7 October 2026, and a consultation meeting on the initiative was held at the Pampa Conference Hall of the Collectorate.
The initiative covers seven grama panchayats: Vechoochira, Naranammoozhi, Perunad, Aruvappulam, Pazhavangadi, Chittar and Seethathodu.
Women from the settlements themselves, including those inside forest areas, are selected and trained as Hamlet ASHAs so that health services are delivered within their own communities.
The stated aims are to reduce maternal and infant mortality among tribal groups, ensure preventive immunisation, avoid home deliveries and address malnutrition.
Dr Jinu G Thomas, Arogya Keralam district programme manager, explained the scheme at the meeting.
Hamlet ASHA posts approved:
13
Grama panchayats covered:
7
District:
Pathanamthitta
Why it matters for exams: A named new scheme with an exact number of posts and the panchayats it covers is the sort of Kerala health-governance detail PSC papers use.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
ASHA Accredited Social Health Activist — A trained woman health volunteer who links her own community to the public health system.
NHM National Health Mission — The central health mission under which state health programmes such as this one are funded and run.
Arogya Keralam — The name under which the National Health Mission works in Kerala.
7 October 2026
Kerala has constituted the Kerala Holistic Model for Health, Wellness and Longevity Task Force.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan is its chairperson and Health Minister K Muraleedharan the vice-chairperson.
The body includes health and medical experts, senior government officials and representatives of modern medicine and Ayurveda.
It will assess the state's disease burden and ageing trends and recommend prevention and early detection strategies.
It will also examine coordination between the different systems of medicine and design a digital health system that pools health information while protecting privacy and security.
The task force has two months from its first meeting to submit an action-oriented report.
The report is to contain two to three pilot projects, a three-year action plan, cost estimates and funding sources, and a monitoring framework naming the responsible departments.
Chairperson:
Chief Minister V D Satheesan
Vice-chairperson:
Health Minister K Muraleedharan
Reporting time:
Two months from the first meeting
Action plan sought:
Three-year action plan with two to three pilot projects
Why it matters for exams: Kerala's demographic transition and its health governance bodies are recurring themes in both Kerala PSC and UPSC papers.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Disease burden Disease burden — The total loss of health in a population from illness, disability and early death.
Task force Task force — A time-bound expert group set up by a government to recommend action on one defined problem.
7 October 2026
Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda is to lead the national launch of JOSH Teams at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 8 October 2026.
JOSH stands for Joint Squad for Health, a structured mechanism to turn youth energy into organised community action for tuberculosis elimination.
In the first phase, JOSH Teams will be deployed across 55 districts in 11 States to strengthen youth-led community mobilisation.
The launch is a joint effort of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Defence.
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Shri Sanjay Seth and Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta are among those taking part.
The programme includes new Information, Education and Communication materials and the launch of Khushi Avatar, an AI-powered chatbot for TB awareness.
In 2025, 67,933 panchayats across 697 districts were recognised as TB Mukt.
JOSH:
Joint Squad for Health
First phase coverage:
55 districts in 11 States
Launch venue:
Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
TB Mukt panchayats in 2025:
67,933 across 697 districts
AI chatbot:
Khushi Avatar
Why it matters for exams: TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, its figures and new named mechanisms such as JOSH Teams are standard health-scheme questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
IEC Information, Education and Communication — Public-awareness material used in health campaigns.
Background
The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) began with an announcement in 2003 of six AIIMS-type hospitals. The scheme was approved in March 2006. Its primary objective is to correct regional imbalances in the availability of affordable and reliable tertiary level healthcare, and to improve medical education in under-served or backward States. Besides new AIIMS, PMSSY also covers upgradation of existing government medical colleges. As per the PIB release cited here (2017), 19 AIIMS and 71 medical colleges or institutions were being taken up. That release lists Kerala only under upgradation: Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Alappuzha medical colleges.
Announced:
2003 (six AIIMS-type hospitals)
Scheme approved:
March 2006
AIIMS undertaken (per 2017 PIB release):
19
Medical colleges for upgradation (per 2017 PIB release):
71
Why it matters for exams: PMSSY is a standard Union health-scheme question, and its objective of correcting regional imbalance is the examinable core.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
PMSSY Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana — A Union health scheme for AIIMS-type institutions and upgradation of government medical colleges.
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences — A tertiary-care medical institution set up under PMSSY in many States.
6 October 2026
A new report released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, produced with the World Health Organization and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa, examines the illicit market in medical products. From 2020 through 2025 authorities seized 251 tonnes of medical products in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic and Chad. Annual seizures rose from about five tonnes in 2020 to nearly 116 tonnes in 2024, before exceeding 97 tonnes in 2025. Cameroon accounted for nearly all seizures recorded in 2025, with 96 tonnes intercepted against just 2.5 tonnes five years earlier. The products ranged from antibiotics and antimalarials to painkillers and psychoactive substances such as tramadol and pregabalin. From 2013 to 2025 WHO surveillance recorded incidents involving 228 medical products in the bloc, of which 71 per cent were classified as falsified and 11 per cent as substandard. In 2023 the WHO universal health-coverage index placed all six countries of the bloc among the world's poorest performers, with Chad scoring 26 out of 100 against a global average of 71.
Seized 2020-2025:
251 tonnes
Cameroon seizures in 2025:
96 tonnes
Share classified as falsified:
71 per cent
Chad's universal health-coverage score:
26 out of 100
Why it matters for exams: Falsified and substandard medicines, the WHO universal health-coverage index and CEMAC are examinable health-governance topics.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime — The UN office that researches and counters drugs, crime and trafficking.
CEMAC Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa — A regional bloc of six Central African countries.
6 October 2026
The first Global Heat Forum opened in Bangkok to unlock finance and scale up solutions on extreme heat, amid record-breaking temperatures and an intensifying El Nino, the World Meteorological Organization said.
Nearly 600 scientists, business leaders, philanthropists and health experts gathered for the four-day event, which took place as the Thai capital recovered from devastating rainfall and deadly floods.
Addressing the forum, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on every city to build lasting defences against extreme heat and said heat action plans should be in place by 2030, backed by the systems and resources to make them real.
WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said El Nino literally turns up the heat and that prevention begins before the emergency, with forecasts giving health services, employers and communities time to act.
The WMO said scaling up heat-health warning systems could protect 1.5 billion people.
The forum launched an executive summary titled Extreme heat and health: Global evidence for action, a platform rating more than 80 heat interventions built after a review of 300,000 academic papers, a Global Call to Action on Heat and Women's Health, and a Roadmap for Investment and Action on Extreme Heat that carries the work into COP31 in Antalya.
Venue:
Bangkok, Thailand
Participants:
nearly 600
People protectable by heat-health warnings:
1.5 billion
Deadline for city heat action plans:
2030
Why it matters for exams: Heat action plans, heat-health warning systems and the venue of the next climate conference are current environment and health questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
WMO World Meteorological Organization — The UN specialized agency for weather, climate and water, with its headquarters in Geneva.
Heat action plan Heat action plan — A city or state plan that sets out warnings, health measures and worker protections for heatwave periods.
COP31 Thirty-first Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change — The annual climate negotiation to be held in Antalya, Turkiye.
6 October 2026
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is robbing children of the adults they depend on, the UN Children's Fund said at a briefing in Geneva.
The update came as regional neighbour Kenya confirmed its first case and first death from the disease, which the World Health Organization said was likely imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
More than 1,900 boys and girls have either lost one or both parents or their caregivers, or have been separated from them, since the outbreak was declared in May 2026.
Most of these children, 1,581, are in North Kivu province, the epicentre of the crisis.
Halimatou Amadou, UNICEF Chief of Communication in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the figures cover only the areas where UNICEF works with social affairs teams in the affected provinces.
She said fear and stigma can keep relatives and neighbours away at the very moment a child most needs someone.
Children affected since May 2026:
more than 1,900
Children in North Kivu:
1,581
Kenya:
first case and first death confirmed
Why it matters for exams: Ebola, its transmission and the UN agencies responding to outbreaks are recurring public health questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund — The UN agency for children, which works on child health, nutrition, education and protection.
North Kivu North Kivu province — A province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Uganda and Rwanda.