WHO Boss Tedros says he is unable to send money to 'starving' family
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:56 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has revealed he is unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region.
WHO’s Tedros backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power to inspire’
Jul 23, 2021, at 09:50 pm
New York: The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”.
WHO’s Tedros says it is time for the world to heal, pushing back on ‘misguided nationalism’
Nov 10, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Member States on Monday that efforts to tackle climate change and poverty had been set back by a lack of global unity since major agreements were struck five years ago, and welcomed the chance to work with the presumptive new US administration of president-elect Joe Biden.
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:17 pm
New York: A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Monday, called for the question of school reopenings to be included as part of comprehensive, data-driven COVID-19 public health strategies, and not a politically-driven decision-making process.
Tedros highlights complex challenges posed by COVID-19 resurgence, following easing of lockdowns
May 12, 2020, at 02:52 pm
New York/IBNS: The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in South Korea, China and Germany following the lifting of stay-at-home restrictions demonstrates the complexity of easing these measures, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
Former M16 head Robert John Sawers targets China, WHO over COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 16, 2020, at 04:17 pm
London/IBNS: The former head of the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence service has targeted China and the World Health Organization over the COVID-19 outbreak and said both should bear responsibility for a flawed response to the disease that has now reached nearly all corners of the globe.
Apr 10, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Beijing/IBNS: With China claiming that it is significantly recovering from COVID-19 crisis while other nations, including the UK and the US are struggling to contain the virus, some experts believe Beijing is trying to exploit the situation to its own advantage.