"TEDROS GHEBREYESUS"

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief said, "we're all shocked and saddened by the images and reports coming from Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic,” and announced that the “WHO is dispatching three charter flights to both countries with medical supplies including major surgical trauma kits from our logistics hub in Dubai.” WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General said today that COVID-19 remains a global health emergency, even though, as the world enters the fourth year of the pandemic, “there is no doubt we are in a far better situation now than we were a year ago, when the Omicron wave was at its peak.” WHO

WHO Director-General marked today the end of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, four months after the first cases were reported, saying the country “was able to use proven public health tools to contain the outbreak.” WHO

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

One year after the appearance of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief said it “has proved to be significantly more transmissible than its predecessor, Delta, and continues to cause significant mortality due to the intensity of transmission.” WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) informed today that the first doses of vaccine against Ebola should be shipped to Uganda next week. WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General warned today that “the global cholera vaccine stockpile is under huge pressure, with outbreaks in 29 countries around the world.” WHO

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “the humanitarian situation in Tigray remains catastrophic,” adding that “the siege of 6 million people by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.” WHO

The World Health Organization’s chief told journalists today in Geneva that there are now 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda, with 44 deaths and 25 people recovered. WHO

Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief told journalists in Geneva that there are now 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Uganda, with 39 deaths, and 14 people that have recovered. WHO