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WHO chief arrives in Kathmandu on 3-day visit
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 21 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on Thursday arrived in Nepal's capital Kathmandu for a three-day official visit.
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Mandaviya visits Gandhi Ashram with WHO Chief
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 20 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Minister Sarbananda Sonwal visited Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
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PM Modi, WHO chief discuss ways to strengthen health sector
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held talks with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus and discussed ways to further strengthen the health sector.
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WHO Chief to attend ground-breaking ceremony of Jamnagar Global Centre for
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will attend the inauguration of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat on Tuesday.
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Don't lose sight of the many other crises in which people are suffering: W
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): Briefing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (local time) said that even as the war-torn country remains to be the centre of the world's attention, peop
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Omicron 'dangerous' virus for unvaccinated people, warns WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 12 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a "dangerous virus" particularly for those who are unvaccinated, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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Omicron may be less severe, but not 'mild': WHO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 7 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to be a less severe disease than the Delta strain, but it does not mean it should be categorized as "mild", World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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'If we end inequity, we end COVID-19 pandemic': WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI): As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was confident that the pandemic will end in 2022 "if we end inequity" together.
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WHO chief says COVID-19 vaccine disparity must stop: VOA
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the "scandal" of global COVID-19 vaccine disparity must stop, according to a recent report by Voice of America (VOA).
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WHO chief warns about spike in COVID-19 as cases surge in Europe, Central
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 5 (ANI): Amid the latest rise in COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (local time) warned about the rising number of cases and deaths.
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WHO urges vaccination for health workers as over 115,000 have died
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to prioritize vaccination for health workers in the light of its new paper estimating that 115,000 died from coronavirus between January 2020 and May 2021.
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WHO bestows posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General's award, recognizing the world-changing legacy of this Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4 October, 1951.
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