BY LENA H. SUN | WASHINGTON POST The governing body of the World Health Organization on Tuesday elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a former Ethiopian health minister, to head the global health agency responsible for marshaling the international response to infectious disease epidemics such as Ebola and Zika. During the third and final round of balloting in […]
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BY HELEN BRANSWELL | STAT NEWS Representatives of countries from around the globe will get down to the task of electing the next leader of the World Health Organization on Tuesday. We’re not making any bold prognostications on who will be selected to take over the helm of the global health agency from outgoing Director-General […]
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BY DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. | THE NEW YORK TIMES A leading candidate to head the World Health Organization was accused this week of covering up three cholera epidemics in his home country, Ethiopia, when he was health minister — a charge that could seriously undermine his campaign to run the agency. The accusation against […]
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By TesfaNews, Six candidates have been proposed by Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) to replace the outgoing Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, by the end of June next year. Representing the continent Africa, the former Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, joined the run for the top job by competing against candidates […]
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