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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 02/10/2026

Good news from @who.int ahead of the weekend: people are living longer. Global life expectancy reached 73.3 years in 2023, almost fully recovering the years lost during COVID-19 ⬇️ Now we must make sure people don’t just live longer, but live those extra years in good health. #HealthForAll

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New WHO estimates show changing global health landscape

WHO’s latest Global Health Estimates, released on 2 October 2026, provide a picture of how health has changed across countries and regions between 2000 and 2023, including trends in life expectancy, c...

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 27/09/2026

The #Ebola virus had a head start in the #DRC, and we are still playing catch-up. The response is growing stronger and we are seeing encouraging signs. But this epidemic is far from over. My update on the progress, challenges and what it will take to stop it ⬇️

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 27/09/2026

Is the world more ready than it was before COVID-19? Yes and no. But if leaders fulfil the commitments they made at the #UNGA High-Level meeting, they will make it a yes. #UNGA

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 26/09/2026

That’s a wrap on #UNGA. Different countries. Different priorities. Different perspectives. But health is one thing that connects us all. Preparedness for future health threats is a shared responsibility.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 25/09/2026

One meeting, many thoughts. Another day at #UNGA.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 25/09/2026

Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is not just an aspiration. It is a global public good. My one ask to world leaders at the #UNGA High-Level Meeting: get the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex to the Pandemic Agreement done. As soon as possible.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 25/09/2026

Walk. Talk. Listen. Repeat. Another day of health diplomacy in motion at #UNGA.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 24/09/2026

We welcome today’s Call to Action on Humanitarian access and Health, and thank 🇬🇧, 🇶🇦 and 🇯🇴 for keeping Gaza’s health needs high on the #UNGA agenda. The best medicine is peace. Until then, we must do everything possible to save lives, alleviate suffering and restore access to health care.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 24/09/2026

@who.int’s call is clear: rapid, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access. Medical supplies must get in, health facilities must be restored, referral pathways reopened, and medical evacuations expanded.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 24/09/2026

Nearly a year after the ceasefire, #Gaza remains a humanitarian and public health emergency. The health system is under immense strain, and needs remain enormous.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 24/09/2026

From one conversation to the next, day 3 of making space for health at #UNGA.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 24/09/2026

This #UNGA, @eib.org and @who.int came together to discuss how to mobilise capital at scale alongside development banks, philanthropy and the private sector to turn health challenges into investment opportunities and measurable results. Together! #HealthForAll

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 23/09/2026

#AI is rapidly reshaping health research, creating new opportunities to accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen health systems & improve health outcomes. 🆕 @who.int report provides recommendations to help ensure that AI-enabled health research is conducted responsibly & for the benefit of all:

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New WHO report calls for stronger ethics oversight of AI-related health research

A new WHO report, Artificial Intelligence-related health research: ethics review and oversight, provides recommendations for researchers, ethics committees, regulators, funders and policy-makers to he...

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 23/09/2026

Meeting rooms. Corridors. Elevators. We need bold new thinking on how we finance #HealthForAll. Day 2 of #UNGA was about finding it.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 23/09/2026

Congratulations to Mike Bloomberg on his reappointment as @who.int Global Ambassador for NCDs & Injuries, marking 10 years of partnership and impact From tobacco control & road safety to data for health & now lead poisoning, your leadership has helped put the prevention higher on the global agenda

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/09/2026

22,022 steps and counting. That was day one of #UNGA. Walking and talking, quite literally. A healthy challenge to my fellow leaders this week: make every step count. Between meetings, Walk the Talk for your own health and for #HealthForAll the people we are here to serve.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 19/09/2026

We are seeing encouraging signs that we are gaining ground against #Ebola in the #DRC. But to slow this outbreak and stop it, we need more resources. We are grateful to all donors who have supported the response. More support is urgently needed. Full update ⬇️

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 17/09/2026

If it isn’t safe, it isn’t care. For people living with heart disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease, care is lifelong. A delayed diagnosis, wrong medicine, unsafe procedure or poor communication can cost lives. Everyone deserves safe care, for life. #WorldPatientSafetyDay

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WHO @who.int · 16/09/2026

Media briefing on #Ebola and other global health issues with @drtedros.who.int www.youtube.com/live/yU56syB...

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LIVE: Media briefing on #Ebola and other global health issues with Dr Tedros

YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 06/09/2026

In #Gaza, the humanitarian emergency continues to deepen, with public health risks growing as winter approaches and most people remain displaced in overcrowded tented camps. The already overwhelmed health system cannot withstand additional surges in disease and illness. The best medicine is peace.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 03/09/2026

The launch of a stockpile of #mpox vaccines is an important step towards ensuring that countries can access vaccines more quickly when they need them, saving lives and containing outbreaks before they spread further. My thanks to all partners involved: www.who.int/news/item/02...

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Global initiative launched to improve access to mpox vaccines

A global initiative to establish a stockpile of mpox vaccines was launched on 27 August, creating a long-term mechanism

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 02/09/2026

In the fight against the #Ebola epidemic in #DRC, we have made a lot of progress, but it’s not enough, & we still face major challenges. Earning and keeping community trust & community ownership are key to changing the trajectory of the epidemic. My latest update on the situation & the response ⬇️

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 01/09/2026

Beyond his professional accomplishments, Vasee will be remembered for his kindness, humility and collegial spirit. My deepest sympathies are with his family and with all WHO colleagues who knew him and worked with him.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 01/09/2026

Most recently, he was leading the R&D Blueprint for Epidemics, which included advancing trials of vaccines and therapeutics for the current #Ebola epidemic. Vasee was undertaking this work with passion and commitment, bringing partners together to advance trials as fast as possible.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 01/09/2026

Sad days for the @who.int family, with the sudden passing of Dr Vasee Moorthy. Vasee joined WHO in 2009 and made a major contribution to advancing the Organization’s work on clinical trials, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 18/08/2026

Updated recommendations to the government of DRC and other countries at risk will be issued in the coming days.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 18/08/2026

We call for the cooperation of all governments and all partners, working together as one, to scale up efforts even further, and raise the resources needed to protect communities over the coming months. 2/3

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 18/08/2026

The #Ebola outbreak in #DRC remains a public health emergency of international concern, following the advice of today’s @who.int Emergency Committee meeting. 1/3

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 13/08/2026

#Ebola update, on the situation and challenges of the response in the #DRC ⬇️

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 12/08/2026

Every parent wants to keep their children safe, and vaccines are among the most powerful tools for doing that, making deadly diseases preventable.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 07/08/2026

But this must be backed by sustained commitment, greater resources, and stronger international support. Together, we must guarantee safe access for responders, protect civilians and health workers, and mobilize the support needed to end this outbreak and save lives.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 07/08/2026

The #Ebola outbreak in #DRC is outpacing our response, making it imperative that we rapidly scale up every aspect of our efforts to contain it. We stand in solidarity with the government, affected communities, and the courageous health workers serving under exceptionally difficult circumstances.

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Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Repu...

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 04/08/2026

Diseases don’t stop at borders. Pandemics, the climate crisis and conflicts demand a collective approach. The need for a science-led, evidence-based, impartial and globally representative health organization has never been greater. 80 years on, the @who.int constitution remains a living promise:

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Why the need for the WHO has never been greater

Diseases don’t stop at borders. Pandemics, climate change and conflicts demand a collective approach.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 04/08/2026

Over the weekend, a medical storage facility adjacent to Al-Aqsa Hospital in #Gaza was attacked, damaging the facility and causing destruction of essential medical supplies, including some delivered by @who.int Due to its proximity to the attack, the hospital building also experienced damage ⬇️

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 28/07/2026

Science has enabled humanity to achieve extraordinary progress, but the challenge facing global health today is not simply how to produce innovation. For more than 125 years, Fiocruz has demonstrated that scientific excellence and social commitment are mutually reinforcing.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 28/07/2026

Deeply humbled to accept the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from Fiocruz. I accept this honour on behalf of the many colleagues with whom I have worked throughout my career, also on behalf of health workers around the world, who continue to serve their communities with courage, skill and compassion.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

That idea has helped billions of people live longer, healthier lives over the past 80 years. It is just as essential today as it was in 1946. Happy 80th anniversary, to the World's Health Organization!

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

The @who.int Constitution was never the work of one nation. It was built through international collaboration & signed by representatives from every region of the world. Different cultures. Different political systems. Different histories. United by one belief: health is a fundamental human right.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

South Africa's Dr Harry Sutherland Gear signed the WHO Constitution on behalf of the Union of South Africa, and later served as a member of the Executive Board, and as senior WHO official helping shape its early administrative and technical structures.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

Ethiopia's Mr Getahoun Tesemma championed transparent public health reporting and intervened in structural constitutional debates to advocate for developing countries.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

Egypt's Dr Aly Tewfik Shousha Pasha chaired Scope and Functions Committee, responsible for defining exactly what the WHO's global mandate, responsibilities, and day-to-day duties would be.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

African leaders also played an important role in shaping the WHO Constitution: Liberia's Dr Joseph Nathaniel Togba helped draft and sign the Constitution before later serving as the seventh President of the World Health Assembly.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

Dr Brock Chisholm did not draft the Constitution. He brought it to life. As @who.int's first Director-General, he transformed its founding vision into action, leading the Organization through its earliest years and helping establish the institution we know today.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

France also played a key role. André Cavaillon and Xavier Leclainche co-submitted France's draft Constitution, contributing ideas that informed the final text signed 80 years ago.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

Building @who.int required more than vision. It required drafting every principle, every article and every commitment. Sir William Jameson represented the United Kingdom throughout the drafting process and submitted one of the constitutional texts that helped shape the final document.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

🇳🇴 Dr Karl Evang was among the architects who shaped @who.int's foundations. As a member of the Technical Preparatory Committee, he helped define how the world's new health organization would work, demonstrating that lasting institutions are built through expertise, dialogue and shared purpose.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

Dr Andrija Štampar's, a 🇭🇷 representing Yugoslavia at the time, words at the 1946 Conference became the opening of the @who.int Constitution: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being." He later served as the first president of the WHA in 1948.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2026

But the man who was the initial author of the broader conceptions of international health work that developed between the two World Wars was 🇵🇱 Ludwik Rajchman, Medical Director of the Health Organization of the League. He later played a key role in the establishment of UNICEF.

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