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Candidates for Director-General can be proposed by Member States, then nominated by the executive board and appointed by the World Health Assembly. [5]The appointment process begins more than one year prior to the May vote, when the World Health Organization sends out a letter informing Member States that the nomination process has begun.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; [1] [a] born 3 March 1965) [2] is an Ethiopian [2] public health official, researcher, [3] diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the ...
President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United ...
After the world was torn apart by nationalism and conflict, countries agreed to sacrifice some aspects of their sovereignty for the common good. The agency was founded in 1948 in an attempt to ...
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump on Monday signed scores of executive orders, including one to withdraw from the World Health Organization. WHO, based in Geneva, Switzerland, serves ...
The executive order stated that World Health Organization mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic, failed to adopt reforms, and was affected by political interference by member states in 2020. The order then directed the Secretary of State to notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the leadership of the WHO about their withdrawal.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-general: Margaret Chan: China: 2006–2017 [21] Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Ethiopia: 2017–present [needs update] [22] World Meteorological Organization (WMO) President: David Grimes: Canada: 2011–2020 [23] Secretary-general: Petteri Taalas: Finland: 2016–present [needs update] [24] [25] World ...