WHO chief reiterates call for ceasefire in Gaza

Dec 17, 2023, at 04:33 pm

Geneva/IBNS/UNI: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), reiterated his call on Friday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in quake-hit Syria

Feb 12, 2023, at 03:46 pm

Cairo/UNI: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Syria, five days after the country was rocked by powerful earthquakes, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.

More pandemics likely to come, countries must invest in preparedness: WHO chief

Dec 27, 2020, at 02:04 pm

Geneva/Sputnik: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the world should get prepared for future pandemics that are inevitable.

Taiwan makes public December email to WHO showing caution about COVID-19 outbreak

Apr 17, 2020, at 03:02 pm

Taipei/IBNS: Giving more fuel to the suspicion of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s collusion with China over the COVID-19 outbreak, Taiwan has recently released an email which was sent to the organisation cautioning it of the pandemic virus.

No need to politicize COVID-19: UN health agency chief

Apr 09, 2020, at 12:16 pm

New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic should not be politicized as unity is the “only option” to defeat the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

WHO Chief says received death threats over coronavirus response

Apr 09, 2020, at 02:59 am

Geneva/Sputnik: The chief of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, said Wednesday he had faced death threats and racist insults over the UN health agency's response to the coronavirus pandemic.