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On Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned that the decision by several countries to pause funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will have “catastrophic consequences” for the people of Gaza.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that the agency has had to cancel its sixth planned aid mission to northern Gaza. He said the mission, planned for today, was cancelled due to security concerns after its requests to enter the besieged enclave were not approved.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adrhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that “hospitals are not battlegrounds,” condemning Israeli attacks on health institutions in Gaza. As of Wednesday, only one quarter of hospitals in the Gaza Strip are functioning, with 26 of 35 of them being either destroyed, without staff or non-functional, Tedros said.

On Wednesday, a truck with 23,000 litres of fuel entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, becoming the region’s first supply of fuel since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on Oct. 7. According to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adrhanom Ghebreyesus, however, Israel has restricted the use of the much-needed fuel to “only transporting aid from...

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday that the council is in need of reform if it is to “remain credible, relevant.” He said the UNSC “no longer serves the purpose for which it was established.”

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus on Monday congratulated scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman on their 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine win on Monday, for their work on mRNA technology, that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines.

Speaking during a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the continuing negotiations on the pandemic accord are an “unprecedented opportunity.” Tedros added that “the idea that this accord or the amended International Health Regulations will cede sovereignty to WHO is simply bogus.”

The World Health Organization announced on Thursday that mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was no longer considered a global health emergency. While the emergency had ended, however, the organization’s director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned it still posed “significant public health challenges.” Katherine Ward explains.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday the end of the global public health emergency for mpox – formerly known as Monkeypox – a viral disease that spread rapidly in 2022, including in countries where it does not usually occur. “Yesterday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended to me that the multicountry...

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a global health emergency and said the decision came after the organization’s emergency committee made the recommendation.

Raging wildfires in northern Alberta have prompted thousands of people from their homes, including the Indigenous community of Fox Lake, where more than 3,500 people live. The efforts to fight the flames, how some evacuees had never left their community before, and the fears of what they’ll return to. The end of the COVID-19 pandemic...

World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that he expected the UN health agency would be able to lift the emergency status of COVID-19 sometime this year, though was unable to specify when, adding the committee that would make the decision meets again in May where they would likely deliberate on...

The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic would remain a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alerts. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a meeting of the agency that more than 170,000 deaths were reported from COVID-19 in the past eight weeks.

World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that this week, the emergency COVID-19 committee will meet to discuss whether the current situation still constitutes a global emergency.

World Health Organization (WHO) emergencies programme director Mike Ryan and director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke Wednesday about data being provided by China about its current COVID-19 outbreak. Ryan said they believe the data underrepresents the true impact both in terms of hospitalizations and deaths. Tedros added that the WHO was “concerned” about the surge and...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is “very concerned” about a spike in COVID-19 infections in China and is supporting the government to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country, the head of the UN agency said at a news conference on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO...

World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Wednesday marks three months since the WHO declared a state of emergency amid the spread of COVID-19. He said that members of WHO Emergency Committee have traveled to China and met with the Chinese president and other health officials before declaring a health emergency...

World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that he was shocked to hear of the attack on a hospital in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, adding that health-care workers should never be a target in any conflicts. He called on all stakeholders and global leaders to prioritize peace and called for...

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) sent three messages to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as they meet virtually, including a call for the world’s nations to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, and to start preparing for the next pandemic.