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It is official. The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the novel coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time. In a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom ...

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Posted: May 20, 2025 | Last updated: May 20, 2025 WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 19, 2025.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in his in a second term, he wanted to make sure the planet was "truly ready" to deal with another such crisis. Ghebreyesus was elected to the WHO leadership in 2017, ...

"The information we have now about the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s mental health is just the tip of the iceberg," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said of this at the time.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said of this at the time: "The information we have now about the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s mental health is just the tip of the iceberg.

But this progress is now at risk. “Funding cuts to global health have put these hard-won gains in jeopardy,” warned Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.