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