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  1. Dr. Hanan H. Balkhy
  2. Dr. Samira Asma
  3. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
  4. Poonam Khetrapal Singh
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Option 3 : Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

The correct answer is Dr Soumya Swaminathan.

  • Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian Paediatrician and Clinical Scientist known for her work in Tuberculosis.
  • Since March 2019, Swaminathan has served as the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization.
  • She is currently positioned as Secretary, Department of Health Research - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research.

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  • Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united in a shared commitment to achieving better health for everyone, everywhere.
  • Together it strives to combat diseases – communicable diseases like influenza and HIV, and non-communicable diseases like cancer and heart disease.
  • WHO began when its Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 – a date now celebrated every year as World Health Day.
  • We are now more than 7000 people working in 150 country offices, in six regional offices and at main headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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