Tag: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 18:43 UTC

  WHO, US extend Covid-19 emergency

  

  The US Government announced Monday that the Covid-19 emergency is to be extended until May. The decision came after a World Health Organization (WHO) panel issued a recommendation not to change the current sanitary status given that SARS-CoV- 2 remains a “permanently established pathogen” in humans and animals.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  WHO Committee to declare end of Covid-19 emergency?

  

  An Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization convening Friday might decide to declare the end of the “public health emergency” stemming from Covid-19. The committee's decision is to be announced on Jan. 30.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Dr. Tedros hopeful about future of monkeypox

  

  World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday told reporters that the recent decline in monkeypox cases in North America and Europe proved that shows that the current outbreak of the malady can be stopped.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Community transmission of monkeypox already happening, WHO says

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed his concern following new data on the spread of monkeypox allowing scientists to say community transmission of the malady is already occurring.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  Doctor Tedros to remain WHO Director-General

  

  The Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been re-elected for a second 5-year term as Director-General of the World Health Organization, it was announced.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 07:55 UTC

  WHO warns against lowering guard regarding COVID-19

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday pointed out that despite an unprecedented low in COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic back in March 2020, emergencies still surfacing were not regarded presently as they should.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Mental health disorders, especially among youngsters increased 25% in first year of the pandemic, WHO report

  

  In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The brief also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Omicron affects vaccinated and survivors alike, WHO says

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday warned that the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 “infects those vaccinated and those recovered from coronavirus” alike, according to statements from Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 22:09 UTC

  WHO picks Drogba to spread message of healthy practices

  

  Former Ivory Coast football international Didier Yves Drogba Tébily has been appointed the new World Health Organization (WHO)'s Sport and Health Ambassador, it was announced Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Macron and Tedros open ground for WHO academy in Lyon

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron, President and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, broke ground on Monday for the WHO Academy’s campus in the French city of Lyon.