Why Famous:In 2017 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected Director-General of the World Health Organization. As head of the WHO during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic he has played a major global role providing countries with advice and aid to fight the virus.
As a health scholar with several international degrees in health science and immunology, Ghebreyesus served as the Minister of Health for the Ethiopian government (2005-12). He also held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-16).
2020-03-11 COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths
2020-07-27 WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced
2020-09-21 WHO Director Tedros Ghebreyesus says countries representing 2/3 of the world's population have joined its COVAX vaccine-distribution initiative to deliver 2 billion doses by end 2021
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