The director general is elected by and answers to the World Health Assembly (WHA). [1] The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was appointed on 1 July 2017, [2] and re-appointed on 24 May 2022. [3]

Jan 21, 2025 · “Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health...

We need a WHO that is efficiently managed, adequately resourced and results driven, with a strong focus on transparency, accountability and value for money. The Director-General is WHO’s chief technical and administrative officer.

Jan 27, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.”

Jan 22, 2025 · President Trump’s executive order for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization could greatly impact the nation’s ability to track and respond to global disease threats.

Tedros was elected as Director-General of the World Health Organization by the World Health Assembly on 23 May 2017, [5] [57] [58] becoming the first director-general who is not a medical doctor, [59] [60] with an overwhelming 133 votes out of 185.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United ...

May 24, 2022 · The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading...

Jan 21, 2025 · NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization for a second time, the White House announced late Monday. The day-one executive order fulfills...

Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected WHO Director-General by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in 2017. In doing so, he was the first WHO Director-General elected from among multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and was the first person from the WHO ...