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5 years ago, WHO's pandemic declaration alerted world to unfolding disaster

At a press conference on March 11, 2020, the head of the United Nations' health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, finally said the worsening outbreak could be "characterised as a pandemic". (Representative image)
Published on Mar 10, 2025 09:29 PM IST

‘We repeat: Stop attacks on hospitals,’ WHO calls for Gaza health care access

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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

WHO chief wishes Narendra Modi on re-election, PM thanks ‘Tulsi Bhai’

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with PM Modi. (Twitter)
Updated on Jun 06, 2024 10:56 PM IST

WHO chief at ‘loss for words’ as Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills 4

Palestinians carry a wounded person following an Israeli airstrike near the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Published on Apr 01, 2024 06:07 AM IST

WHO 'very concerned' by Gaza infectious disease threat amid war

Israel's relentless aerial bombardment and ground invasion in Gaza have killed at least 21,320 people
Published on Dec 30, 2023 01:00 AM IST

WHO chief talks about his painful past in Israel-Hamas plea: ‘As a child I…’

Israel-Hamas War: Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Published on Oct 30, 2023 06:24 PM IST

‘Went to meet Xi Jinping but…’: WHO chief urges China for ‘full access’ on Covid

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation(WHO), is seen.
Published on Sep 17, 2023 04:01 PM IST

‘Gujarat will be mecca of traditional medicine', says WHO chief

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during the G20 Health Ministers' Meeting, in Gandhinagar.
Published on Aug 19, 2023 09:57 PM IST

WHO chief lauds India’s Ayushman health initiative

Director general of WHO emphasises on the role of Medical Value Travels (MVT) and lauds India for Ayushman health scheme. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 17, 2023 11:45 PM IST

‘My good friend Tulsi bhai’: Here's how PM Modi greeted this UN agency chief

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Updated on Aug 16, 2023 02:54 PM IST

‘Even deadlier…’: WHO chief warns of next pandemic as Covid-19 cases dip

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a press conference in Geneva.
Updated on May 24, 2023 08:03 PM IST

‘China's moral imperative': WHO chief lashes at Beijing over Covid origin info

Covid Origin: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is seen.
Published on Apr 07, 2023 10:59 AM IST

WHO vows to ‘push for answers' on Covid-19 origin: ‘Will continue till…’

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Published on Feb 15, 2023 09:29 PM IST

WHO says Covid deaths in China ‘heavily underreported’; praises US transparency

Elderly patients with Covid-19 symptoms receive intravenous drips at the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province. (AP/PTI)
Updated on Jan 12, 2023 05:18 AM IST

WHO presses China for specific, real-time data on Covid

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization.
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, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), gestures.
Published on Dec 30, 2022 01:30 PM IST

‘End of Covid in sight’: WHO as new cases globally fall to lowest since 2020

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP)
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 10:15 PM IST

‘Tragic milestone’: WHO chief after global Covid deaths reach 1 million

“One-third of the world's population remains unvaccinated, including two-thirds of health workers and three-quarters of older adults in low-income countries.” said WHO chief.
Published on Aug 26, 2022 07:01 PM IST

'Living with Covid doesn't mean....': WHO chief as deaths rise by 35% in 4 weeks

FILE - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, talks to the media regarding the coronavirus at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 
Published on Aug 18, 2022 08:03 AM IST

'Colour of skin' may be why Tigray crisis not getting attention, says WHO chief

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Published on Aug 17, 2022 09:41 PM IST

Monkeypox cases jumped 20% last week to 35,000 across 92 countries: WHO

A patient shows his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima. 
Updated on Aug 17, 2022 09:20 PM IST

As monkeypox cases cross 18K globally, WHO advises reducing sex partners     

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO.
Updated on Jul 27, 2022 10:26 PM IST

Tedros Ghebreyesus, re-elected as WHO chief: Official

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates his reelection, during the 75th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva.
Published on May 24, 2022 09:57 PM IST

AYUSH visas soon to treat foreigners: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (REUTERS PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 21, 2022 06:09 PM IST

‘Tulsi bhai’: Modi gives Gujarati name to WHO's Tedros Ghebreyesus | Watch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022 in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
Updated on Apr 20, 2022 05:24 PM IST

Health care delivery in focus after Covid: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus, and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth join hands at the foundation stone laying ceremony of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM), in Jamnagar, Gujarat, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Apr 21, 2022 12:52 PM IST

‘Always a delight…’ PM Modi tweets after meeting with WHO chief

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus.
Published on Apr 19, 2022 10:11 PM IST

‘Kemcho…majamma’: WHO chief's Gujarati greeting as he, PM unveil medical centre

World Health Organisation director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Published on Apr 19, 2022 06:29 PM IST

WHO chief says ‘grateful for warm welcome’, will attend Gujarat events with PM

PM Modi and WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus
Published on Apr 19, 2022 08:36 AM IST