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WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available

The head of the World Health Organization has called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

WHO Says it Stands with Ukraine, Has Documented 200 Attacks on Health Facilities

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Ukrainians from Kyiv on Saturday that the WHO stood by them in their conflict with Russia, and urged Moscow to stop waging war on its neighbor. "My message to all the people of Ukraine is this," he said, speaking from the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 7, 2022

WHO says it stands with Ukraine, has documented 200 attacks on health facilities

World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Ukrainians from Kyiv on Saturday that the WHO stood by them in their conflict with Russia, and urged Moscow to stop waging war on its neighbour.

Reuters · May 7, 2022

After Roe leak, WHO’s Tedros says safe abortions ‘save lives’

WHO chief did not directly reference leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion indicating Roe v Wade may soon be overturned.

Al Jazeera · May 4, 2022

U.N. agencies warn of "perfect storm" of disease spread as measles cases surge by 79%

The pandemic has "interrupted immunization services" and left health systems "overwhelmed," WHO chief says.

Axios · Apr 28, 2022

WHO Chief Says We Are ‘Increasingly Blind’ on COVID Transmission

The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was "blind" to how the virus is spreading because of falling testing rates. "As many countries reduce testing, WHO is receiving less and less information about transmission and sequencing," Director-General…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 26, 2022

India has entered a golden era of start-ups, says PM Modi at Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit at Gandhinagar, and stated that India is going to introduce a special AYUSH visa category for foreign nationals who want to come to the country to take advantage of traditional medicine.

The Times of India · Apr 20, 2022

Foundation stone for WHO traditional medicine centre laid in Jamnagar

PM Modi lays foundatation stone for new centre

The Hindu · Apr 19, 2022

WHO chief: World treats crises differently depending on race

Referencing the Tigray crisis, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ‘is not treating the human race the same way’.

Al Jazeera · Apr 13, 2022

WHO chief: Focus on Ukraine shows bias against Black lives

The head of the World Health Organization slammed the global community for its almost singular focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration possibly because the people suffering are not white

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022