Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; [1][a] born 3 March 1965) [2] is an Ethiopian [2] public health official, researcher, [3] diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017. [4][5] He is the first African to become WHO Director-General, [6] receiving an e...

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. His re-election was confirmed during the 75 th World Health Assembly in Geneva. He was the sole candidate.

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. In doing so, he was the first WHO Director-General elected from among multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and was the first person from the WHO African Region to head the ...

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...

Jan 26, 2025 · Tedros Adhanom (born March 3, 1965, Asmara, Ethiopia [now in Eritrea]) is an Ethiopian biologist and public health official who was the first African to serve as director general (2017– ) of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Jan 1, 2007 · As Minister of Health, Ethiopia, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus led a comprehensive reform effort of the country's health system, including the expansion of the country’s health infrastructure, creating 3500 health centres and 16 000 health posts; expanded the health workforce by 38 000 health extension workers; and initiated financing ...

Dr. Ghebreyesus was the Minister of Health, Ethiopia from 2005 to 2012, he led a comprehensive reform of the country’s health system, built on the foundation of universal health coverage even in the most remote areas.

May 26, 2022 · Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who graduated from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) with a Master’s in Immunology of Infectious Diseases in 1992, has been re-elected for a second term as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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 health...

A panel led by World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Gehreyesus will debate ‘novel efforts needed to prepare healthcare systems for the multiple challenges ahead’ at a session called ‘Preparing for Disease X’ at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.