Tag Archives: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officials of the World Health Organisation have warned that  there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organisation has launched a new global initiative to eliminate cervical cancer. It calls for 90 per cent of all girls to be vaccinated by the age of 15 and 70 per cent of women to be screened for the disease at least …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | With some COVID-19 patients reporting long-term symptoms, including damage to major organs, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to ensure they receive necessary care. “Although we’re still learning about the virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandan Medical Experts have cautioned against the consideration of herd immunity as an option for curbing COVID-19. Similar to an argument by the World Health Organisation, they argue that the strategy is scientifically problematic. Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community (the …

    Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Ministry of Health has said 67 percent of Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis – MDRT cases are not being detected in the country. Figures from the health ministry show that 80,000 Ugandans are infected with TB annually. With one in every 100 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Using the principle of the so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and not an option, countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned.  Herd immunity occurs when a large …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The number of babies being born dead in Uganda is alarmingly on the rise, even as the globally, the percentage of stillbirths is showing some decline.  A worrying nine percent increase in stillbirths have been registered over the decade just ended from 2010 to …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | “Initially, when supply of COVID-19 vaccine is limited, priority must be given to vaccinating essential workers and those most at risk, or in other words, vaccinating some people in all countries rather than all people in some countries,” the World Health Organization (V) Director-General Tedros …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see children returning to school and people returning to the workplace, but at the same time, no country can just pretend the pandemic is over, the head of the WHO said Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Countries that are opening their economies must be serious about suppressing COVID-19  infections, to save the world from a disaster that could arise from opening up without a plan, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.  To control transmission, the who chief  …