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Fungal Priority Pathogens List has been released by which institution?
A)
WHO
B)
FAO
C)
UNHCR
D)
UNICEF

Correct Answer :   WHO


The World Health Organisation (WHO) released the first-ever list of fungal infections -- "priority pathogens". The fungal priority pathogens list (FPPL) includes 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to human health. The UN body warned that some strains are increasingly drug-resistant and are growing at an alarming rate.
 
While the WHO also said that fungal infections are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment and can be dangerous to mankind due to a lack of focus, lack of surveillance, treatments and diagnostics.
 
"Emerging from the shadows of the bacterial antimicrobial resistance pandemic, fungal infections are growing, and are ever more resistant to treatments, becoming a public health concern worldwide," said Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Assistant Director-General, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)..

Source : India Today

Published On : October 28, 2022
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