Tag Archive | Director General

Ethiopian wins race to be next leader of UN health agency

Posted on May 23, 2017. Tags: , , , ,

From ABC News By JAMEY KEATEN AND MARIA CHENG, ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — May 23, 2017 The Associated PressDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, from Ethiopia, candidate to the position of Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), leaves after delivering a 15-minute speech during the 70th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the […]

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Let’s Call the Attack on Dr. Tedros by Its Proper Name: Colonialism

Posted on May 19, 2017. Tags: , , , , , , ,

The transparency of recent accusations against Dr. Tedros Adhanom, one of two leading candidates for the position of Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), is all too clear. It reflects the desperation of those who seek to undermine the candidacy of Dr. Tedros. Why? There are two likely suspects—those who are mired in […]

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WHO D-G Election: How Ethiopian Tedros’s Track Records Makes Him Best Man For The Job

Posted on May 6, 2017. Tags: , , ,

May 6, 2017 This May, at the 70th World Health Assembly, the new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) will be elected by Health Ministers of Member States. The race for the plum job couldn’t come at a more crucial time for the WHO, considering its failures during the Ebola epidemic, which hit several […]

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The WHO failed on Ebola. With a future pandemic inevitable it needs reform

Posted on April 27, 2017. Tags: , , ,

From The Guardian Andrew Mitchell The World Health Organization will soon have a new head. Ethiopia’s former health minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the outstanding candidate World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. Health ministers from around the world will vote for a new head of the organisation. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Thursday 27 April 2017 […]

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An African leader for global health?

Posted on June 30, 2016. Tags: , , ,

Africa-Middle East.com By Sheldon Mayer The African Union supports Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to become the first head of the World Health Organization from the continent. With Africa bearing much of the brunt of disease globally, who better to lead the United Nation’s World Health Organization than an expert from the continent? That is […]

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