Over 300 deaths from starvation since October 2023, says D-G Tedros

GENEVA, April 8 — Another pandemic will occur sooner or later, and this is not a "theoretical risk" but an "epidemiological certainty," World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday.

ZURICH, Dec 28 — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen's main airport carried out by Israel a day earlier during a series of attacks on the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.

GENEVA, Nov 15 — The number of measles infections worldwide increased by 20 per cent between 2022 and 2023, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States (US) health agency CDC, reported the German News Agency (dpa) on Thursday.

GENEVA, Sept 13 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the approval of the MVA-BN vaccine, developed by Bavarian Nordic A/S, as the first-ever mpox vaccine to be added to its prequalification list, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, April 7 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday said the massive destruction inflicted on Gaza’s largest hospital, reduced to “an empty shell” with human graves following the latest Israeli siege.

AMMAN, March 24 — Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, demanded that Israeli occupation forces immediately lift their siege of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city.

GENEVA, Jan 23 — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on all countries to work urgently towards a pandemic accord, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, Dec 11 — World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed the situation in Gaza yesterday, stating that "without a cease-fire, there is no peace." His statement came during his closing remarks at a special session of the WHO’s executive board, during...

GENEVA, Sept 7 — The number of coronavirus infections is on the rise again in the northern hemisphere, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), reported the German News Agency (dpa).

GENEVA, April 27 — The number of Covid-19 casualties has decreased by 95 per cent since the beginning of the year, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday.

REUTERS, April 4 — About one in six adults globally have experienced infertility at least once in their life, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report on Monday, urging countries to actively collect more consistent data on the disease.

GENEVA, April 4 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and its director-general called on global leaders Monday to take action to protect and invest in health and care workers responding to health and climate emergencies.

ADANA, March 1 — The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two.

GENEVA, Dec 22 — The rising number of severe cases of Covid-19 in China is of great concern, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging Beijing to focus its efforts on vaccinating risk groups.

MOSCOW, Nov 10 — Deaths caused by Covid-19 globally have decreased by almost 90 per cent compared with February, although the rates of testing and vaccination remain low, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

GENEVA, Oct 28 — Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the Covid-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

GENEVA, Sept 23 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday warned again against complacency in fighting Covid-19, urging for coordinated action and political commitments to save lives and prevent economic and health damage from the ongoing pandemic.

REUTERS, July 23 — The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on today.

LONDON/GENEVA, May 23 — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization director general (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost 200 member states at the UN agency's annual assembly this week.