Tag: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO Director General

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  WHO focuses on “Test.Treat.Hepatitis” on World Hepatitis Day

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are calling on countries to urgently increase hepatitis testing and treatment services in order to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing this Monday its new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The ICD is the foundation for identifying health trends and statistics worldwide, and contains around 55 000 unique codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death. It provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across the globe.

• Thursday, May 31st 2018 - 20:16 UTC

  World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and Heart Disease

  

  Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, according to a new WHO report, but the reduction is insufficient to meet globally agreed targets aimed at protecting people from death and suffering from cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 07:59 UTC

  WHO marks 70th birthday: “Universal health coverage, everyone, everywhere”

  

  On 7 April, World Health Day, the World Health Organization marks its 70th anniversary. Over the past 7 decades, WHO has spearheaded efforts to rid the world of killer diseases like smallpox and to fight against deadly habits like tobacco use.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2017 - 09:37 UTC

  UNICEF has new Executive Director, Henrietta H. Fore

  

  UNICEF welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ announcement that Henrietta H. Fore will succeed Anthony Lake as UNICEF Executive Director when his term ends on 31 December 2017.

• Monday, December 18th 2017 - 13:47 UTC

  Half of the world population without health services, says WHO/World Bank report

  

  At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and WHO. And each year, large numbers of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for health care out of their own pockets.

• Tuesday, December 12th 2017 - 21:04 UTC

  Universal health coverage is a fundamental human right

  

  “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition”, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 06:15 UTC

  One in ten medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified

  

  An estimated one in ten medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO). This means that people are taking medicines that fail to treat or prevent disease.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 18:30 UTC

  Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of resistance, warns WHO

  

  The World Health Organization is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.

• Monday, October 23rd 2017 - 05:29 UTC

  WHO Director General rescinds Goodwill Ambassador appointment

  

  World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced that after much listening and reflection, he has decided to rescind the appointment of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador for NCDs in Africa.