Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Climate crisis threatens to exploit and exacerbate division and polarisation: WHO Chief Ghebreyesus

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that the climate crisis threatens to only exploit and exacerbate...

Friday, December 20, 2024 4:08 PM

WHO Chief Ghebreyesus Vows To 'Push Until We Get The Answer' On Covid-19 Origins

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, referring to the search for the origins of the virus that first began spreading in China in late...

Thursday, February 16, 2023 11:29 AM

Covid Alert: WHO Chief Tedros Believes Covid Pandemic Ends In 2023

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed hope that the COVID-19 pandemic ends in 2023. Read on for details:

Thursday, January 5, 2023 1:59 PM

Health: Monkeypox cases 21pc globally, says WHO

The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21 per cent in the last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Full story on Dynam...

Friday, August 26, 2022 3:08 PM

Monkeypox Virus: Over 550 confirmed cases detected in 30 countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been informed about over 550 confirmed monkeypox cases in 30 non-endemic countries around the globe, WHO Direc...

Thursday, June 2, 2022 10:15 AM

WHO chief, Taliban delegation discuss 'dire' health crisis in Afghanistan

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he met the 10-member Taliban delegation headed by health minis...

Thursday, February 10, 2022 5:34 PM

First meeting of WHO body to discuss new pandemics treaty to be held on March 1: Tedros

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the first meeting of the organization's commis...

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 5:06 PM

WHO DG thanks India for resumption of COVID vaccine supply to COVAX from October

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday extended gratitude to India for resuming crucial COVID...

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:11 AM

WHO warns of 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta variant surge

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned the world about the 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Del...

Thursday, July 15, 2021 1:00 PM

WHO chief asks China to cooperate with probe into origins of COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID...

Sunday, June 13, 2021 12:14 PM

World is at risk of 'vaccine apartheid', says WHO chief

Highlighting the gap of vaccinations between high-income countries and low and lower-middle countries, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-Genera...

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 9:28 AM

WHO open to all hypotheses on coronavirus origins: Tedros

The World Health Organization's (WHO) team probing coronavirus origins, which is on a visit to China's Wuhan, the first Covid-19 hotspot, will publish...

Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:03 PM

WHO chief lauds India, PM Modi for support to global COVID-19 response

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday expressed gratitude to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for continu...

Saturday, January 23, 2021 5:42 PM

Tedros refutes new Japanese coronavirus mutation more aggressive

There is no evidence to suggest that the newly-detected Japanese mutation made the coronavirus more aggressive, World Health Organisation (WHO) Direct...

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 1:08 PM

WHO DG urges to go after COVID-19 virus, not the vulnerable

As the countries continue to register news cases of coronavirus every day, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:02 AM

International: WHO chief calls on US to reconsider funding freeze

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (local time) called on the United States to reconsider its decision...

Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:39 PM