Bulgarian Irina Bokova, the outgoing Director General of the United Nations cultural agency, has expressed regret over a decision by the United States to withdraw as a full member of the body and called it both a loss to UNESCO and to humanity. Bokova, head of the United Nations Educational,…
Newly elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will take up his position as director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 1, is in the United States this week to meet with a wide range of stakeholders on global health issues. Tedros, in the first of planned visits…
Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has become the new director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) following Tuesday’s vote at the WHO Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Tedros, the first African ever to hold the DG position, will begin his five-year term on July 1; he replaces outgoing WHO DG Dr….
The physician who leads the Africa Tobacco-Free Initiative has spoken out against candidate Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, just as the final vote for World Health Organization Director-General (WHO DG) looms next week. Dr. Frank Ashall, in an open letter published online Friday in the well-regarded British medical journal The…
With less than a month to go before the World Health Assembly in Geneva, the three finalists for the Director General position are making their final campaign push – and perhaps none more so than Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In recent days the highly visible Ethiopian candidate has penned an op-ed…
The World Health Organization has announced the three finalists running to become the next director general of the agency – and Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has made the short list. Five candidates were interviewed Wednesday before a 34-member executive board, followed by an immediate vote to determine the three finalists. In addition…