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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Reflects on Final Year and Priorities
Tedros Adhanom, WHO's first African director-general, focuses on financial reform and completing the Pandemic Agreement.
What changed
- The Pandemic Agreement, known as PABS, aims to improve rapid information sharing and equitable distribution of medicines and vaccines.
Why it matters
- Why it happened
Tedros Adhanom's focus on financial reforms and completing PABS is driven by his vision for a better-prepared global health system.
What we know
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has faced significant crises under Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
How we got here
- The Story was first published.
Sources and what they add
- NYTAfter 20 years in the C.I.A., he emerged as an outspoken critic of the agency and as a leader of the election-denial movement in Pennsylvania.Open ↗
- G1"Deeply concerning": WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom warns conflict and hunger are slowing the fight against Ebola In his final year leading the agency, Tedros lays out his closing priorities, financial reform and the pandemic agreement, and reflects on war, PTSD, and why "peace is the best medicine" Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, 61, the first African director-general in the history of the WorldOpen ↗