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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom plans to seek re-election, says report

In 2017, Ethiopia's Tedros became the first African to head the Geneva-based UN agency and made universal health care coverage his priority

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Bloomberg
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Bloomberg

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, plans to run for a second five-year term as the head of the agency, Stat News reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
 
Tedros, as he is widely kno­wn, has been the public face of the WHO’s efforts to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic ever since the new SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.
 
In 2017, Ethiopia’s Tedros became the first African to head the Geneva-based UN agency and made universal health care coverage his priority. A spokesman for WHO