Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Director-General of the World Health Organization. Retweets are not endorsements
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http://www.who.int 12-09-2010 13:09:27
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Introducing the newest addition to our family, my granddaughter, baby Alaia! She's already spreading positivity with her adorable peace sign! Welcome to the world, little one! All our children deserve love and peace. #SpreadLoveAndPeace
Heads up: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will host a press conference tomorrow (Thursday, Oct 19) with World Health Organization (WHO) experts joining, as usual, to discuss pressing global health issues. Time: 16h CEST. Tune in via World Health Organization (WHO) or our other social channels.
We welcome USA's leadership and Israel's agreement to allow food, water and medical aid into Gaza via Egypt. Many lives depend on this happening.
World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have been ready to deliver the lifesaving supplies since Saturday.
The situation in #Gaza is spiralling out of control.
Every second we wait to get medical aid in, we lose lives.
For 4 days World Health Organization (WHO) supplies have been stuck at the border.
We need immediate access to start delivering life-saving supplies.
We need violence on all sides to stop.
.World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in north Gaza.
Early reports indicate hundreds of deaths and injuries.
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We call for the immediate protection of civilians and health care, and for the evacuation orders to be reversed.
#NotATarget
Met with #MarshallIslands Health Minister Ota Kisino on the sidelines of #RCM74 . We discussed how World Health Organization (WHO) can support 🇲🇠in HPV diagnostics and on digital health. We also discussed the upcoming #COP28 and our plans to make health arguments central in #ClimateAction .
Had a good discussion with #Kiribati Minister of Health Tinte Itinteang on the upcoming #COP28 and importance of the Pacific islands’ voices being heard in the Health Day discussions. I reassured him of World Health Organization (WHO)’s support on #ClimateAction . #RCM74
My thanks to all World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Member States for your continued commitment to promoting, providing, protecting, powering and performing for health in the Western Pacific.
Together, for #HealthForAll !
#RCM74
My warm congratulations to Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala on his election as World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Director.
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Dr Saia has earned the confidence and trust of the Member States of the region. This is a great privilege, and a very great responsibility.
I look forward to working together…
Dr Tedros of World Health Organization (WHO) telling us at #issad2023 that we need a #groupBStrep vaccine next. And that we need to raise awareness of the threat of GBS, including whether it should be notifiable.
We at Group B Strep Support totally agree and are committed to helping to make this happen 💯
.World Health Organization (WHO) is recruiting a Victim Survivor Support Officer to set up systems to help put victims and survivors at the heart of our work to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct.
Passionate individuals with specific expertise are encouraged to apply here: careers.who.int/careersection/…
Doctors and Patients Face Impossible Choices in Gaza.
At this fearful time, I appeal to all who have the power to make decisions that affect the health and well-being of so many people to choose the way of hope.
There is still time.
My piece in The New York Times:…