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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Executive
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Notable Quotes
"Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to 13."View Story →
"The outbreak is moving fast, and we are still playing catch-up."View Story →
"Heat stress is often called the 'silent killer' - and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures."View Story →
"Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average."View Story →
"Even without approved therapeutics, people are recovering from this disease, but of course, we could save many more lives with safe and effective therapeutics in our toolkit."View Story →
"Reports of damage to the hospital are 'extremely worrying'."View Story →
"Reports of damage to the hospital were 'extremely worrying' and said 'all efforts' must be made to protect health services from the conflict."View Story →
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