Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

W.H.O. Chief: Trump Funding Cuts Offer Countries Chance for ‘Self-Reliance,’ Suggesting ‘Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugary Drinks’

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested in remarks on Tuesday to African and European leaders that “sudden and unplanned” spending cuts following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. agency were an “opportunity” for poorer countries to pursue sovereignty.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at

Ethiopia Confirms Outbreak of Lethal Marburg Virus

The Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) and World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Friday confirmed an outbreak in Ethiopia of the lethal Marburg virus, a pathogen with symptoms similar to the infamous Ebola virus, but even more deadly and difficult to treat.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) and World Health Organization (W.H.O.)

W.H.O. Cries Poor as It Faces ‘Existential Crisis’ After U.S. Funding Cuts

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) began its annual nine-day meeting Monday on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, with upwards of eight thousand attendees flying in for the event from all around the world. The elites gathered as the United Nations subsidiary began crying poor and publicly doubting its ability to ever again meet crises like the coronavirus epidemic after U.S. funding cuts struck at the heart of its finances.

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press c

W.H.O. Declares Global Health Emergency for Monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Wednesday took the long-discussed step of declaring a global health emergency over the monkeypox or “mpox” outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has begun spreading into neighboring African nations.

A doctor shows a monkeypox sore on a patient´s lip, at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital in L

W.H.O. Seeks $7 Billion After Latest Pandemic Treaty Draft Collapses

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Sunday launched a new financing mechanism seeking $7 billion in donations it claims can be deployed without strings attached. Fresh staffing hires for the Geneva, Switzerland-based organization are at the top of the to-do list once funds are secured.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reacts during the opening of the World Hea