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TopicTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Topic: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO calls on world leaders to invest in global public health, said urgent action needed for AMR

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned of return to pre-antibiotic era noting 'Antimicrobial resistance' as a global threat.

WHO chief presses China for ‘full access’ to determine Covid’s origins, says FT report

The WHO chief's comments come as health authorities and pharmaceutical companies across the world have been racing to update vaccines to combat newer emerging coronavirus variants.

Hope to adopt traditional medicines in every country’s national health system: WHO chief

The first-ever global summit on traditional medicine is being held in Gandhinagar as part of G20 health ministers’ meet.

2020 — 2022: WHO’s initial praise for China on Covid response turns to concern, demand for data

Criticised as the 'Chinese Health Organisation' in 2020, the WHO now wants information from China to 'better understand the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic'.

Separate visa category, special trade mark for products soon, says PM at AYUSH summit

Modi inaugurated the ‘first investment summit in the AYUSH sector’ in Gandhinagar Wednesday in presence of WHO DG Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus.

Behind Modi & Dr Tedros’ smiles in Gujarat, India & WHO are at war over Covid deaths, Covaxin

WHO recently decided to suspend Covaxin procurement, and India has also been openly tussling with global health body over Covid mortality estimates.

WHO chief thanks India, South Africa for initiative to waive ITRIPS rules for Covid products

In his opening remarks to the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on nations to share doses through Covid Vaccine Global Access (COVAX).

Covid pandemic long way from over but can be brought under control, says WHO chief

Speaking to reporters in Geneva Tuesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said over 780 million doses of vaccine have been given globally, but they are not the only tool.

World will know about Covid origin ‘fairly soon’, WHO mission expert says

The mission to trace Covid's emergence, organized by the World Health Organization and China, spent a month reviewing data and studies and visiting sites and key figures.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.