Correct Answer : Bengaluru
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying(DAHD) will launch the "One Health Pilot" project in Bengaluru on Tuesday(28th June 2022), a press release said. The pilot will help develop a roadmap for a national project to prevent future outbreaks of zoonotic disease by using "better response mechanism and management while incorporating global best practices", the press release added.
Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, DAHD, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying will be launching the pilot project in Bengaluru.
“DAHD in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as implementation partner is implementing the One-Health Framework undertaking project in the states of Karnataka and Uttarakhand,” the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying said.
“DAHD would develop a national One Health roadmap based on the learnings of this initiative which in turn would help to prevent the future zoonotic disease outbreaks, equipped with better response mechanism and management while incorporating global best practices..
Source : India Today
