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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelt ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Vision. I envision a world in which everyone can live healthy, productive lives, regardless of who they are or where they live.
6 days ago · Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopian biologist and public health official who was the first African to serve as director general (2017– ) of the World Health Organization. Tedros was known for his efforts to establish transparency and international cooperation to control disease.
May 7, 2020 · Dr Tedros, as he likes to be known, is the first African head of the WHO. He took office two-and-a-half years ago promising to reform the organisation, and to tackle the illnesses...
May 24, 2022 · The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public...
May 24, 2022 · WHO Member States today re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. Dr Tedros was first elected in 2017.
