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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India objects to WHO methodology for calculating COVID-19 toll -Bindu Shajan Perappadan

India objects to WHO methodology for calculating COVID-19 toll -Bindu Shajan Perappadan

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published Published on Apr 17, 2022   modified Modified on Apr 17, 2022

-The Hindu

Health Ministry responds to reports of India stalling the world health body’s efforts

India has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with the World Health Organization (WHO) on the issue of collecting and making public the COVID-19 death toll in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday in response to The New York Times article titled India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public dated April 16.

The Ministry, in a statement, said that the analysis while using mortality figures directly obtained from Tier I set of countries, uses a mathematical modelling process for Tier II countries (which includes India). 

“India’s basic objection has not been with the result (whatever they might have been) but rather the methodology adopted for the same,” it said. 

The Ministry elaborated that India had shared its concerns with the methodology along with the other Member States through a series of formal communications, including six letters issued to the WHO (on November 17; December 20, 2021; December 28, 2021; January 11, 2022; February 12, 2022 and March 2, 2022) and virtual meetings held on December 16, 2021; December 28, 2021; January 6, 2022; February 25, 2022 and the SEARO Regional Webinar held on February 10, 2022. 

During these exchanges, specific queries had been raised by India along with the other Member States, which included China, Iran, Bangladesh, Syria, Ethiopia and Egypt, regarding the methodology and use of unofficial sets of data.

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The Hindu, 17 April, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-objects-to-who-methodology-for-calculating-covid-19-toll/article65327583.ece?homepage=true


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