Tag: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Global health: Cape Verde, 4th African nation to be declared malaria-free

January 16, 2024

Cape Verde, the West African archipelago of ten islands, has officially been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as malaria-free, hailing it as a ... Read More

Experts dismiss as “absurd” WHO’s excusal of staff sex misconduct in Congo

February 28, 2023

The restricted approach by the World Health Organization (WHO) in dealing with the misconduct of its staffers during an Ebola outbreak in Congo has been ... Read More

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels offer conditional truce, agree to AU-led peace process

September 13, 2022

Tigrayan rebels from Ethiopia’s northern region called for an "immediate" cease-fire Sunday (11 September) and said they would accept a peace process with the federal ... Read More

WHO Elects First Ever African Director-General

May 24, 2017

The World Health Organization has elected Ethiopia’s former health minister and malaria expert Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as director-general. He’s the first African to ever ... Read More