The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five years, the president of the World Health Assembly ...

Tedros said the body and its member states must make difficult choices about what to prioritize, given a proposed 21 per cent cut in the budget for 2026-27 to $4.2 billion US.

The director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was reappointed to a second five-year term Tuesday by the U.N. health agency's member countries.

Dr. Tedros, 55, made history in 2017 when he became the first African to lead the global health agency, defeating the British health expert David Nabarro in the first-ever election for the WHO’s ...