Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

• Monkeypox outbreak: Case count rises to more than 3,200 globally, says WHO

  The WHO head called on member states to share information on the monkeypox virus as it would help the agency in its goal to support countries to contain transmission.

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  Jun 23, 2022
  
• WHO chief Tedros to lead U.N health agency for second five-year term

  The director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was reappointed to a second five-year term Tuesday by the U.N. health agency's member countries.

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  May 24, 2022
  
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• WHO announces second hub to help lower income countries produce COVID vaccines

  The World Health Organization has announced a new biomanufacturing hub set up to train low- and middle-income countries to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines.

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  Feb 23, 2022
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• WHO calls for stronger China collaboration on COVID-19 origins

  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has previously pressed China to be more forthcoming with data and information related to the origin of the virus.

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  Feb 5, 2022
• WHO chief wants rich countries to halt booster shots for remainder of 2021

  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' earlier appeal to put a ``moratorium'' on boosters that has largely been ignored.

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  Sep 8, 2021
• 1 in 3 women worldwide face physical, sexual violence: WHO study

  The figures, which track a period from 2010 to 2018, doesn't cover the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  World

  Mar 9, 2021
• WHO chief self-isolates after contact tests positive for COVID-19

  The WHO director-general has been at the forefront of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic.

  World

  Nov 2, 2020
• Effects of coronavirus pandemic will be felt for decades: World Health Organization

  "The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come," Tedros told a meeting of the WHO's emergency committee, according to remarks released by the agency.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2020
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• Coronavirus pandemic by far WHO’s worst global health emergency: director-general

  The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced, its director-general said on Monday.

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  Jul 27, 2020
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• WHO head rejects U.S. criticism questioning his independence

  Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has come under criticism, especially from U.S. President Donald Trump and Pompeo, who have accused him of being pro-China.

  Health

  Jul 23, 2020