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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

  • 10 Apr 2020

  • The World Health Organisation’s Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has become the public face of Global fight against the coronavirus.
  • He was elected in May 2017 as the WHO’s first African director-general. Prior to this, Dr Tedros served as Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012–2016 and Health Minister from 2005-2012.
  • The World Health Organization (WHO), established on 7th April 1948, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. It is headquartered at Geneva in Switzerland.