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WHO Chief warns of imminent famine in Gaza, calls to scale up efforts
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
WHO's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that Northern Gaza is on the brink of facing an imminent famine if interventions regarding humanitarian aid are not made within days in the area.
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WHO chief calls Israel's decision to declare Guterres persona non-grata "t
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Ghebreyesus called UN "vital" for fostering unity and maintaining international peace and security. He urged Israel to take back its decision.
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WHO Chief urges protection for health teams amid Polio vaccination rollout
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for the protection of health teams involved in Gaza's polio vaccination campaign, following recent violence that has claimed lives and endangered aid efforts. The call for safety comes amid escalating conflict and highlights the crit
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WHO declares mpox public health emergency of global concern
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a public emergency of international concern. This comes amid a rapid surge in spread of the disease in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and its detection in neighbouring countries as well.
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WHO chief addresses World Health Assembly, mentions Global Traditional Med
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday mentioned about the Global Traditional Medicine Centre established in India, and the first global summit on traditional medicine.
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WHO's new fund raising mechanism seeks USD 7 bn for global health challeng
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Taking to his social media platform X, the WHO chief said that the world is facing a difficult time with multiple overlapping challenges of conflict, climate change, displacement, poverty, inequality, polarization, disease outbreaks, the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, and me
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WHO Chief, Union Health Secy perform yoga at 'Walk the Talk' event in Gene
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Ahead of International Yoga Day, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra and World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus performed yoga aasanas at the 'Walk the Talk' Yoga session event held in Geneva.
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India's UN envoy in Geneva Arindam Bagchi meets WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom G
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
India's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Arindam Bagchi met the Director General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Amid Israel-Hamas war, WHO chief says 9,000 Gaza patients in need of urgen
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid the continuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza in retaliation to the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, last year, and fears of a new front opening up in Rafah amid the ongoing war, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said approximately 9,000 p
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Jaishankar calls on WHO chief 'Tulsi Bhai', discusses traditional medicine
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"Glad to met DG World Health Organization @DrTedros. Discussed traditional medicine and pandemic preparedness. Thank you Tulsi bhai!," the EAM posted on X.
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UAE President and WHO chief discuss cooperation and health challenges in G
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday.
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USD 185 million needed for providing medicines, supporting hospitals in Af
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
On Wednesday, Ghebreyesus said that funds are needed to prevent malnutrition, particularly among women and children.
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