1) Which of the following is/are true regarding Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI)?
1) Currently the highest decision making body of CEPI is the Interim Board.
2) The scientific input to the Board is provided by a Scientific Advisory Council (SAC).
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
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ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
Explanation:
The Second Meeting of the Interim Board of CEPI at New Delhi was attended by Board members from countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America as well as civil society organizations including Medecins Sans Frontiers as well as the World Health Organization.
The structure of CEPI was laid on August 31, 2016 in London and there is an interim Board currently chaired by Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Secretary DBT.
It is the highest decision making body of CEPI, and has supreme decision-making authority for all funding, policy, and product development aspects of CEPI’s operations.
The scientific input to the Board is provided by a Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) where Indian scientists are members and the joint coordinating group (JCG) is the co-ordination mechanism between CEPI and stakeholders including the vaccine companies.
CEPI is currently being steered by five founding partners. They are: Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, GOI; Government of Norway; Wellcome Trust; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and World Economic Forum.
India’s participation in CEPI would provide the opportunity to leverage vaccine development capacities in India, access to vaccines as and when needed, and protection of our population and boost our ability to have a competitive vaccine industry.
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2) Which of the following funds Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI)?
1) Government of Norway
2) World Economic Forum
3) Government of India
a. 2
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
Explanation:
CEPI, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, is a "public-private coalition that aims to derail epidemics by speeding development of vaccines"
The concept is to develop early phases of vaccines without knowing the details for the form in which the infection will appear, but will still cut down the time to tailor the eventual vaccine to be effective to the epidemic.
CEPI's plan includes preparations for possible outbreaks of Lassa fever, Marburg fever, MERS, SARS, Nipah virus, Rift Valley fever, chikungunya, and others.
It is being funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, the government of Norway and the Dept of Biotechnology, Ministry of S&T, Government of India.
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3) Which of the following is/are true regarding Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI)?
1) It is a decade old global alliance between governments, industries, WHO, civil society, etc.
2) It focusses on vaccine development.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
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ANSWER: Only 2
Explanation:
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India is partnering in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI), a new global alliance between governments, industries, academia, philanthropy, inter-governmental institutions, the World Health Organization, and civil society.
The DBT hosted the Second Meeting of the Interim Board of CEPI at New Delhi. The meeting focused on identifying disease priorities, future strategy and setting of Permanent Secretariat for CEPI.
The CEPI aim to finance and coordinate the development of new vaccines to prevent and contain infectious disease epidemics.
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4) Which of the following are parameters currently used to determine the Comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI)?
1) Nature of toxins
2) Adverse impact on eco-geological features
3) Level of ambient pollution
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: 1, 3
Explanation:
- Comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI) is a composite measurement of air and water pollution and land degradation that is used in 88 industrial clusters.
- The CEPI is based on parameters such as the nature of toxins, the scale of industrial activities, the level of ambient pollution, impact on humans and eco-geological features and the number of people potentially affected within a 2 km radius. It has a maximum composite score of 100.
- The revised index will no longer take into account the adverse impact of pollutants on human health and environmental degradation as it is difficult to make a quantified assessment on the impact on people or on the ecosystem.
- The developers of the index acknowledged that it may not be possible to always have reliable evidence of the adverse impact on people and eco-geological features. For this reason, they made the assessment on a scale, with zero given when there was no reliable evidence and a maximum of 6 when there was evidence of fatalities and loss of fauna and flora due to exposure to pollutants produced in the cluster.
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5) Comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI) has been developed by CPCB and
a. Green Tribunal
b. IIT Mumbai
c. IIT Chennai
d. IIT Delhi
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ANSWER: IIT Delhi
Explanation:
- Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) is a descriptive index of pollution. It is a rational number between 0 and 100, assigned to characterize the environmental quality at a given location.
- It is also an indication of large percentage of population experiencing health hazards. The CEPI index is based on the parameters related to incidence of pollution in water, land (ground water) and air.
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