WHO chief Tedros asks China to give ‘full access’ to solve Covid-19's origins
Sep 18, 2023, at 11:49 pm
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China to give more information on the origin of COVID-19, a disease which has wreaked havoc across the globe since its inception in 2020.
With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight: Tedros
Aug 30, 2023, at 09:48 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to COVID-19 technology, knowledge and clinical data, stressing the fight against the virus must continue.
Gujarat will soon become the Mecca of traditional medicines: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Aug 21, 2023, at 01:47 am
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said India's Gujarat state will soon become the 'Mecca' of traditional medicines.
Dec 03, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again alerted lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a "deadly new variant" to emerge.
‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns Tedros, in wide-ranging global health update
Oct 06, 2022, at 06:07 am
New York: The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to an Ebola outbreak in four districts, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday, in a wide-ranging briefing which included the latest on a worrying increase in COVID-19 cases across Europe.
As virus spreads ‘freely’ COVID-19 ‘nowhere near over’: Tedros
Jul 13, 2022, at 05:31 pm
New York: Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers but also triggering an “increasing trend of deaths”, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at the regular weekly press briefing on Tuesday.
Tedros re-elected to lead the World Health Organization
May 25, 2022, at 09:36 pm
New York: The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency.
Mar 26, 2022, at 10:54 pm
New Delhi: The Ministry of Ayush has signed the Host Country Agreement with World Health Organization (WHO) for establishing WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India at Jamnagar, Gujarat, with its interim office at the Institute of Training and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA) in Gujarat.
WHO lauds ‘historic initiative’ on vaccine equity underway in South Africa
Feb 15, 2022, at 08:09 pm
New York: During a COVID-19 global action meeting on Monday, the UN health chief described the progress underway at the World Health Organization (WHO) mRNA vaccine technology transfer Hub in South Africa, noting that the “historic initiative comes at a critical time” in the global fight against the virus.
‘No free ride’ for COVID, it's here ‘for the foreseeable future’: Tedros
Jan 25, 2022, at 06:59 pm
New York: The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it is possible to end the acute phase of the pandemic this year, UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.
Covid pandemic can end in 2022 if comprehensive measures taken: WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Jan 24, 2022, at 09:46 pm
Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: The international community can put an end to the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 if it takes comprehensive measures, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
COVID-19: WHO’s Tedros criticizes ‘blunt’ Omicron measures
Dec 01, 2021, at 04:06 am
New York: The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of the Omicron variant.
Tedros calls for new high-level working group to get 40% vaccinated by year’s end
Nov 12, 2021, at 10:33 pm
New York: With just seven weeks to go before the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is asking Member States to immediately establish a high-level working group, to reach the target of vaccinating 40% of the world’s population against COVID19, by 31 December.
WHO supremo Tedros urges China to to be more cooperative in finding the origin of COVID-19
Jul 17, 2021, at 01:59 am
Geneva: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China to be more cooperative with the WHO's second phase of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.
WHO concerned about transmissibility of Delta coronavirus variant, says Tedros
Jun 26, 2021, at 03:28 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the transmissibility of the Delta coronavirus variant, first identified in India and now present in 85 countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
More transparency needed in investigating coronavirus origins: WHO Director-General Tedros
Jun 15, 2021, at 12:42 am
London/UNI: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate on the ongoing investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus.
May 07, 2021, at 05:10 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the United States administration to lift vaccine patent protections to help boost global supply, was a “monumental moment” in the battle to end the deadly pandemic.
WHO chief says pandemic treaty gaining momentum
Apr 02, 2021, at 02:11 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: More world leaders have heeded the call from the World Health Organization to draw up a treaty on better pandemic preparedness, the UN agency's chief said Thursday.
Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
Feb 06, 2021, at 04:25 pm
New York: The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Friday, while warning that after inoculating their own health workers and older people, countries must share doses with others, to eradicate the deadly coronavirus.
Fauci announces US intention to resume major role in global health
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:59 pm
New York: The United States’ top medical official said on Thursday that the US will now join the World Health Organization’s global initiative to help poorer nations overcome COVID-19, in addition to a raft of new measures in support of access to universal healthcare, such as abortion services.
WHO's Tedros refutes new Japanese Coronavirus mutation more aggressive
Jan 12, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: There is no evidence to suggest that the newly-detected Japanese mutation made the coronavirus more aggressive, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
WHO chief begins 2021 with plea for ‘less politicking’ over health
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:54 pm
New York: In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN heath agency said on Tuesday that it was important to remember COVID-19 was just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world.
China blocks WHO team from entering to study origins of coronavirus, Tedros feels 'disappointed'
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization has said China blocked the arrival of its team to probe the origin of the COVID-19 disease which has now spread across the world.
WHO, Bill Gates praise India for its 'decisive action' to combat COVID-19 pandemic
Jan 05, 2021, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi: The World Health Organization and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have praised India for its leadership in scientific innovation and decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
It isn’t over: WHO concerned at ‘growing perception’ COVID pandemic is passing
Dec 05, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on Friday over the “growing perception” that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, despite exploding infection rates in some countries and enormous pressure growing on health services.
COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare: Tedros
Nov 14, 2020, at 04:02 pm
New York: A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which must now lead to a major re-think in how all societies value health, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
COVID-19 has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 pc countries: WHO
Oct 09, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: COVID-19 has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:32 pm
Geneva: A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were on Monday announced by the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. Organizations involved in the milestone agreement include the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the Global Fund, Unitaid, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Investments in public health, an investment in safer future, urges WHO chief Tedros
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:48 pm
New York: The world must be ready when the next pandemic comes, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, urging countries to invest more in public health as part of their efforts to recover from COVID-19.
COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic, world must be ready for next: WHO chief Tedros
Sep 08, 2020, at 10:51 pm
Geneva: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the world must be prepared for the next pandemic.