UPPSC 2017 GS-I Current Affairs
Question

Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A): According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993, there were 16.5 million deaths due to infectious diseases worldwide.
Reason (R): Urbanisation without health planning leads to the spread of diseases.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]”.

The World Health Organization (WHO) did report that there were 16.5 million deaths due to infectious diseases worldwide in 1993. This was a significant global health challenge at the time.

Urbanization without proper health planning can indeed lead to the spread of diseases.

However, while urbanization and its associated factors can contribute to the spread of diseases, they are not the sole or most direct cause of the high death toll from infectious diseases reported by the WHO in 1993. Other factors such as poverty, lack of access to medical treatment, and the prevalence of certain diseases in specific regions also played a significant role.

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