Margaret Chan
African Candidate Wins Top WHO Job
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia will be the next director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). He...
Ethiopia’s Tedros Elected New WHO Chief
Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom was elected as the new head of the powerful World Health Organization on Tuesday, vowing to...
WHO Reform A Top Priority For Ethiopia’s Tedros
The first African to head the World Health Organization, Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom, says he aims to replicate his...
Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ But World Better Prepared
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more...
World Records Exceptional Progress With NTDs
Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation(WHO), has launched a new report, which indicates...
Bill Gates, Others Commit Money To Eliminate NTDs
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday committed $335 million dollars in grants over the next four years to...
Restoring Mental Health’s Dignity
On December 31, 2016, a few hours before the New Year, a 28-year-old man allegedly ended his life. Media reports during...
Morocco Marks End To Trachoma
Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness Transmitted through contact with eye and nose...
Parliament To Adopt Regulations On Tobacco Measures
Health regulations to save the lives of present and future generations from the scourge of tobacco use have still not...
Climate Change To Copy Tobacco Control Tactics
Just like climate change, tobacco kills many people every year. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of...
Liberia Riot Police and Soldiers Use Scrap Wood and Barbed Wire to Seal off 50,000 People To Contain Ebola
Riot police and soldiers acting on their president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people...
Oil Companies Withdrawing Staff from Nigeria and Liberia Amid Ebola Fears
Oil firms were last night withdrawing staff from Nigeria and Liberia after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared...
Ghana May Now Have Recorded Her First Case of Ebola
A man from neighboring Burkina Faso, who shows symptoms of fever and bled from his nose and ears “was brought in...
Ebola Crisis Update: World Health Organization To Announce $100m Emergency Response
The head of the World Health Organization and leaders of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak are to...