Tag: Tedros Ghebreyesus

Mr Ghebreyesus noted that 95 per cent of households in Gaza face severe water shortages, with daily access far below ...

According to a report published by PREMIUM TIMES’, nearly 30,000 tobacco-related deaths are recorded annually in the country

He said insufficient levels of predictable funding of the WHO have hindered its ability to carry out long-term projects and ...

The WHO boss noted that this is necessary to protect the organisation's financial health.

The TIME100 Health list, assembled by the American news magazine TIME, highlights global leaders, advocates, and innovators who are transforming ...

The organisation noted that the cuts are already forcing people to pay more out-of-pocket for healthcare in some countries.

The statement noted that, in some countries, up to 90 per cent of individuals with severe mental health conditions received ...

WHO said global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 79 million lives since 2000

Mr Ghebreyesus said the countries which includes Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Ukraine could soon ...

The global health body said it is partnering with the WHO Foundation, to leverage its 150 country offices and the ...

The trial aims to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola disease caused by the Sudan virus.

He explained that with health systems stretched to their limits and global financial resources dwindling, the $1.5 billion is needed ...

WHO said this milestone brings the global total to 45, with 44 countries and one territory ranked to have eliminated ...

WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said understanding epidemic origins is a scientific and moral imperative.

Compared to Clade I and II, the new variant, Clade Ib, is considered to be deadlier and contagious, spreading rapidly ...

WHO says that to combat the outbreak, strategic vaccination efforts will target high-risk individuals.

WHO's Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the mRNA programme will boost pandemic preparedness in low-income countries.

The global bodies said the stagnation in global immunisation coverage since 2022 and the failure to return to 2019 levels ...

The report stated that men account for 2.4 million of the deaths from alcohol and drugs.

The DG stated that at a global level, there’s a regression in the rate of financial protection of citizens seeking ...

The instrument, also called ‘the accord’, aims to improve prevention, preparedness, and response to future pandemics at a global level.

In recent years, H5N1 has spread widely among wild birds, poultry, land and marine mammals and now among dairy cattle.

The new cases when compared to 2019 indicates a decrease in the number of infections.

The study estimates that nearly 880 million adults and 159 million children lived with obesity in 2022.

Thousand are believed to have been sheltering in the hospital including the doctors and patients.