tedros adhanom ghebreyesus news
Latest from tedros adhanom ghebreyesus
5 years ago, WHO's pandemic declaration alerted world to unfolding disaster
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took two pens from his jacket, adjusted his glasses, looked round the room and read his bombshell update from a print-out on his desk
Published on Mar 10, 2025 09:29 PM IST
AFP |
‘We repeat: Stop attacks on hospitals,’ WHO calls for Gaza health care access
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, recently caught in an Israeli strike on Yemen's airport, called for Abu Safiya’s release and condemned attacks on Al-Ahli hospital.
Updated on Dec 30, 2024 01:57 PM IST
WHO chief says narrowly escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport
WHO chief says narrowly escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 06:07 PM IST
AFP |
WHO chief wishes Narendra Modi on re-election, PM thanks ‘Tulsi Bhai’
Modi, set for a historic third term, thanked the WHO chief, referring to him affectionately as "Tulsi Bhai," a name given to Dr. Tedros by the PM in 2022.
Updated on Jun 06, 2024 10:56 PM IST
WHO chief at ‘loss for words’ as Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills 4
Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 32,782 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.
Published on Apr 01, 2024 06:06 AM IST
WHO 'very concerned' by Gaza infectious disease threat amid war
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas -- considered a "terrorist" group by the United States and European Union --- in retaliation for the October 7 attack.
Published on Dec 30, 2023 01:00 AM IST
AFP |
WHO chief talks about his painful past in Israel-Hamas plea: ‘As a child I…’
Israel-Hamas War: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was making "a humble plea for ceasefire and peace".
Published on Oct 30, 2023 06:24 PM IST
‘Went to meet Xi Jinping but…’: WHO chief urges China for ‘full access’ on Covid
Covid Origins: No scientific consensus has emerged on the origins of the virus, the WHO boss said.
Published on Sep 17, 2023 04:01 PM IST
‘Gujarat will be mecca of traditional medicine', says WHO chief
Ghebreyesus earlier said that although Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, it is still a ‘global health threat’.
Published on Aug 19, 2023 09:57 PM IST
WHO chief lauds India’s Ayushman health initiative
Director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauded India for its Digital Health platforms like the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres
Updated on Aug 17, 2023 11:45 PM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
‘My good friend Tulsi bhai’: Here's how PM Modi greeted this UN agency chief
Ghebreyesus will unveil the WHO global summit which will take place on August 17 and 18 in Gandhinagar.
Updated on Aug 16, 2023 02:54 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
‘Even deadlier…’: WHO chief warns of next pandemic as Covid-19 cases dip
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the world should be ready for the next pandemic, which might be “even deadlier” than Covid-19.
Updated on May 24, 2023 06:19 PM IST
‘China's moral imperative': WHO chief lashes at Beijing over Covid origin info
Covid Origin: The world health body demanded that Beijing must immediately share all relevant information.
Published on Apr 07, 2023 10:59 AM IST
WHO vows to ‘push for answers' on Covid-19 origin: ‘Will continue till…’
The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the Covid-19 pandemic started, the agency chief said Wednesday following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search.
Published on Feb 15, 2023 09:29 PM IST
AFP |
WHO says Covid deaths in China ‘heavily underreported’; praises US transparency
The World Health Organization has repeatedly voiced concern that China's official statistics are not showing the true impact of its current surge in Covid cases. WHO seeks more China Covid data, praises US 'transparency'
Updated on Jan 12, 2023 05:18 AM IST
AFP |
WHO presses China for specific, real-time data on Covid
In the high-level meeting, the WHO asked the Chinese officials for more genetic sequencing data and data on disease impact, including hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths.
Published on Dec 31, 2022 06:11 AM IST
WHO chief ‘concerned' about Covid in China but says this on tourist curbs
Covid In China: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO will continue to offer its support for clinical care and protect the healthcare system of China.
Published on Dec 30, 2022 02:34 PM IST
‘End of Covid in sight’: WHO as new cases globally fall to lowest since 2020
The statement by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus can be deemed as the most optimistic since the pandemic first emerged in China in late 2019.
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 10:15 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
‘Tragic milestone’: WHO chief after global Covid deaths reach 1 million
WHO chief wanted all countries to have vaccinated 70 percent of their populations by the end of June. But 136 countries failed to reach the target, of which 66 still had coverage below 40 percent.
Published on Aug 26, 2022 07:01 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
'Living with Covid doesn't mean....': WHO chief as deaths rise by 35% in 4 weeks
Coronavirus global update: The world has reported over 59 crore cases so far with most cases reported from the US.
Published on Aug 18, 2022 07:49 AM IST
Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
'Colour of skin' may be why Tigray crisis not getting attention, says WHO chief
Calling it the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world", with 6 million people unable to access basic services, Tedros questioned in an emotional appeal why the situation is not getting the same attention as the Ukraine conflict.
Published on Aug 17, 2022 09:41 PM IST
Reuters |
Monkeypox cases jumped 20% last week to 35,000 across 92 countries: WHO
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said vaccines may also play an important part in controlling the monkeypox outbreak, and in many countries, there is high demand for vaccines from the affected communities.
Updated on Aug 17, 2022 09:20 PM IST
As monkeypox cases cross 18K globally, WHO advises reducing sex partners
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 5 million and 10 million doses of vaccine will be needed to protect all high-risk groups from the monkeypox outbreak.
Updated on Jul 27, 2022 09:59 PM IST
Tedros Ghebreyesus, re-elected as WHO chief: Official
Sources in the room said he had received 155 of the 160 votes cast.
Published on May 24, 2022 09:57 PM IST
AFP |
AYUSH visas soon to treat foreigners: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the three-day Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar along with Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth and director general of the World Health Organization Dr Tredos Ghebreyesus.
Updated on Apr 21, 2022 05:52 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Gandhinagar
‘Tulsi bhai’: Modi gives Gujarati name to WHO's Tedros Ghebreyesus | Watch
"Tulsi is a plant that modern generations are forgetting. Generations have worshipped Tulsi. You can also use the Tulsi plant in marriage. So now you are with us," Modi explained.
Updated on Apr 20, 2022 05:24 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Health care delivery in focus after Covid: Modi
The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat, will become the first global outpost for traditional medicine across the world, and aims to leverage new technologies and evidence-based research in an effort to mainstream such methods.
Updated on Apr 20, 2022 06:46 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ahmedabad:
‘Always a delight…’ PM Modi tweets after meeting with WHO chief
PM Modi along with Ghebreyesus and Mauritian prime minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth laid the foundation stone of the WHO medical centre in Gujarat's Jamnagar. The Global Centre for Traditional Medicine is believed to be the first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine across the world.
Published on Apr 19, 2022 09:54 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
‘Kemcho…majamma’: WHO chief's Gujarati greeting as he, PM unveil medical centre
The WHO's Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) will be the first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine across the world. It will emerge as an international hub of global wellness.
Published on Apr 19, 2022 06:29 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
WHO chief says ‘grateful for warm welcome’, will attend Gujarat events with PM
PM Modi also reached his home state on Monday where he launched a few projects.
_1650337416251_1650337426270.jpg "PM Modi and WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus")
Published on Apr 19, 2022 08:36 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Manjiri Sachin Chitre | Edited by Swati Bhasin