The World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 th May, has honoured a special recognition award to Union Health Minister J P Nadda for his commitment to advancing tobacco control in the country. Interestingly, sources said that one of the main proposers for the award was K S Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), which was recently barred from getting foreign funds by the government.
The Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh mentioned that Nadda has accelerated India's tobacco control initiatives, taking bold measures to protect people against multiple health, economic, social and development hazards of tobacco use. The global health body also praised him for his initiatives for making graphic health warnings covering 85% of all tobacco products mandatory beginning and establishing national tobacco testing laboratories last year, and for…
