Today(23) the Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated by the
Government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year term on 1 July 2017.
Prior to his election as WHO’s next Director-General,
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia
from 2012-2016 and as Minister of Health, Ethiopia from 2005-2012. He has also
served as chair of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria; as chair of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership Board, and as
co-chair of the Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child
Health.
As Minister of Health, Ethiopia, Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus led a comprehensive reform effort of the country's health system,
including the expansion of the country’s health infrastructure, creating 3500
health centres and 16 000 health posts; expanded the health workforce by 38 000
health extension workers; and initiated financing mechanisms to expand health
insurance coverage. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he led the effort to
negotiate the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in which 193 countries committed to
the financing necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
As Chair of the Global Fund and of RBM, Dr Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus secured record funding for the two organizations and
created the Global Malaria Action Plan, which expanded RBM’s reach beyond
Africa to Asia and Latin America.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will succeed Dr Margaret
Chan, who has been WHO’s Director-General since 1 January 2007.
WHO
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