Know Your Medicine' App

16.11.2024

Know Your Medicine' App

Why in the news?   

The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports has launched a nationwide appeal to strengthen the fight against doping in sports, urging athletes, coaches, and the entire sporting community to embrace the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) India's ‘Know Your Medicine (KYM)’ app.

About 'Know Your Medicine' App:

• It is part of NADA India’s broader mission to raise anti-doping awareness and education, equipping athletes with essential information to stay clean.
• The app allows users to easily verify whether a specific medicine or its ingredients contain any substances listed as prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
• By offering this quick and seamless verification, the KYM app helps athletes to stay informed and uphold the integrity of sport, fostering a culture of fair and ethical sportsmanship.
• Its unique features of image and audio search, enable users to select their sport category and search specific sport-related information making it convenient for the user to effortlessly access the desired information.

Key facts about the National Anti-Doping Agency:

• It was established by the Government of India, with the objective of acting as the independent Anti-Doping Organization for India having a vision of dope-free sports.
• It was set up as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 in November 2005.

The primary functions:

• To implement the Anti-Doping Code to achieve compliance by all sports organizations in the Country.
• To coordinate a dope testing program through all participating stakeholders.
• To promote anti-doping research and education to inculcate the value of dope-free sports.
• To adopt best practice standards and quality systems to enable effective implementation and continual improvement of the program.
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

                                                                Source: PIB

Consider the following statements regarding the Know Your Medicine (KYM)’ app:

1. It is part of National Anti-Doping Agency India’s mission to  reduce anti-doping awareness and education.

2. It allows users to easily verify whether a specific medicine is listed as prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

Answer B