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Day 1 of the WHO Executive Board meeting. Credit: V. Martin

Altered Dynamics at WHO, Priorities Likely to Be Constrained by Finances

Priti Patnaik 01/02/2018

Irrespective of all the ambitions for the future and...

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez meets his Zimbabwe counterpart Robert Mugabe at Uruguayan presidential building in Montevideo, October 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Removed as WHO Goodwill Envoy

Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland 23/10/2017

Mugabe, 93, is blamed in the West for destroying...

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A New Administration Settles in at the WHO

Priti Patnaik 04/10/2017

A new team and a new programme of work...

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India’s Soumya Swaminathan Is Now Second in Command at WHO

The Wire Staff 03/10/2017

Apart from holding the post of director general of...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus takes over as WHO director general on July 1. Credit: Reuters

From Financing to Divergent Interests, a Spectrum of Challenges Await the Next WHO Chief

Priti Patnaik 10/06/2017

The 70th World Health Assembly saw the election of...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, candidate for Director General of the World Health Organisation, attends a news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 26, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Pierre Albouy/File photo

Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Will Be the First African WHO Head

Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles 24/05/2017

The former health minister and foreign minister, who vowed...

David Nabarro, Sania Nishtar and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Credit: Twitter

WHO is Electing a New Leader. Here’s What’s at Stake

Priti Patnaik 24/03/2017

A look at member states' considerations, candidates plans for...