Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
@drtedros.who.int
Director-General of the World Health Organization. Reposts are not endorsements.
Here in the heart of the Amazon, the lungs of the earth, we are reminded that healthy people depend on a healthy planet.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here in the heart of the Amazon, the lungs of the earth, we are reminded that healthy people depend on a healthy planet.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
The future of our world is being decided at the Belém Climate Summit.
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The future of our world is being decided at the Belém Climate Summit.
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
I thank Her Excellency First Lady Olena Zelenska for her leadership on #MentalHealth and for launching the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Programme.
#Ukraine’s experience is shaping global policy, including the World Health Assembly resolution on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.
#Ukraine’s experience is shaping global policy, including the World Health Assembly resolution on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I thank Her Excellency First Lady Olena Zelenska for her leadership on #MentalHealth and for launching the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Programme.
#Ukraine’s experience is shaping global policy, including the World Health Assembly resolution on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.
#Ukraine’s experience is shaping global policy, including the World Health Assembly resolution on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.
Next week, @who.int, @unicef.org, and @unrwa.org will begin providing routine vaccinations, nutrition screening and treatment, and growth monitoring for 44,000 children across #Gaza, who have been cut off from life-saving care for nearly two years of conflict.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Next week, @who.int, @unicef.org, and @unrwa.org will begin providing routine vaccinations, nutrition screening and treatment, and growth monitoring for 44,000 children across #Gaza, who have been cut off from life-saving care for nearly two years of conflict.
Aid cuts didn't create global health financing emergency but have exposed long-standing vulnerabilities, threatening progress towards #HealthForAll.
@who.int guidance provides recommendations on how to shift toward sustainable, domestically-financed & self-reliant health systems: bit.ly/4oOVVgX
@who.int guidance provides recommendations on how to shift toward sustainable, domestically-financed & self-reliant health systems: bit.ly/4oOVVgX
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Aid cuts didn't create global health financing emergency but have exposed long-standing vulnerabilities, threatening progress towards #HealthForAll.
@who.int guidance provides recommendations on how to shift toward sustainable, domestically-financed & self-reliant health systems: bit.ly/4oOVVgX
@who.int guidance provides recommendations on how to shift toward sustainable, domestically-financed & self-reliant health systems: bit.ly/4oOVVgX
Last week, @who.int evacuated five patients and five companions to the #Netherlands, for the first time.
We thank 🇳🇱 and 🇪🇺 for their generosity and solidarity.
We call on more countries to receive patients from #Gaza and provide them with the urgent medical care they need.
We thank 🇳🇱 and 🇪🇺 for their generosity and solidarity.
We call on more countries to receive patients from #Gaza and provide them with the urgent medical care they need.
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Last week, @who.int evacuated five patients and five companions to the #Netherlands, for the first time.
We thank 🇳🇱 and 🇪🇺 for their generosity and solidarity.
We call on more countries to receive patients from #Gaza and provide them with the urgent medical care they need.
We thank 🇳🇱 and 🇪🇺 for their generosity and solidarity.
We call on more countries to receive patients from #Gaza and provide them with the urgent medical care they need.
Sudden and unplanned cuts to aid have hit many countries hard, costing lives and jeopardizing hard-won health gains.
Today, @who.int issued a guidance to help countries to better mobilize, allocate, prioritize and use funds to support the delivery of health services: bit.ly/47z3hOv #HealthForAll
Today, @who.int issued a guidance to help countries to better mobilize, allocate, prioritize and use funds to support the delivery of health services: bit.ly/47z3hOv #HealthForAll
WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance for countries on ways to counter the immediate and long-term effects of sudden and severe cuts to external funding, which are disrupting...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sudden and unplanned cuts to aid have hit many countries hard, costing lives and jeopardizing hard-won health gains.
Today, @who.int issued a guidance to help countries to better mobilize, allocate, prioritize and use funds to support the delivery of health services: bit.ly/47z3hOv #HealthForAll
Today, @who.int issued a guidance to help countries to better mobilize, allocate, prioritize and use funds to support the delivery of health services: bit.ly/47z3hOv #HealthForAll
#Sudan remains the world’s largest food crisis, with:
-famine confirmed in El Fasher & Kadugli towns
-20 areas across Greater Darfur & Greater Kordofan are at risk of famine
-over 21 million people across the country are hungry.
An immediate ceasefire & humanitarian access are a must to save lives!
-famine confirmed in El Fasher & Kadugli towns
-20 areas across Greater Darfur & Greater Kordofan are at risk of famine
-over 21 million people across the country are hungry.
An immediate ceasefire & humanitarian access are a must to save lives!
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#Sudan remains the world’s largest food crisis, with:
-famine confirmed in El Fasher & Kadugli towns
-20 areas across Greater Darfur & Greater Kordofan are at risk of famine
-over 21 million people across the country are hungry.
An immediate ceasefire & humanitarian access are a must to save lives!
-famine confirmed in El Fasher & Kadugli towns
-20 areas across Greater Darfur & Greater Kordofan are at risk of famine
-over 21 million people across the country are hungry.
An immediate ceasefire & humanitarian access are a must to save lives!
On #WorldCitiesDay, @who.int launches a new guide for decision-makers to meet the demand for integrated urban health solutions.
I call on leaders to adopt a more strategic approach to improve the health of billions of city-dwellers, & to make urban areas more livable, more just & more sustainable.
I call on leaders to adopt a more strategic approach to improve the health of billions of city-dwellers, & to make urban areas more livable, more just & more sustainable.
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
On #WorldCitiesDay, @who.int launches a new guide for decision-makers to meet the demand for integrated urban health solutions.
I call on leaders to adopt a more strategic approach to improve the health of billions of city-dwellers, & to make urban areas more livable, more just & more sustainable.
I call on leaders to adopt a more strategic approach to improve the health of billions of city-dwellers, & to make urban areas more livable, more just & more sustainable.
1 billion people depend on health care facilities that have no electricity.
Salvatore Vinci leads @who.int's work on electrifying health care facilities with clean energy to change this. I'm glad that the TIME has recognised his work.
Salvatore, you make us #ProudToBeWHO!
time.com/collections/...
Salvatore Vinci leads @who.int's work on electrifying health care facilities with clean energy to change this. I'm glad that the TIME has recognised his work.
Salvatore, you make us #ProudToBeWHO!
time.com/collections/...
Salvatore Vinci: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2025
Find out why Salvatore Vinci is on TIME's 2025 list of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action.
time.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
1 billion people depend on health care facilities that have no electricity.
Salvatore Vinci leads @who.int's work on electrifying health care facilities with clean energy to change this. I'm glad that the TIME has recognised his work.
Salvatore, you make us #ProudToBeWHO!
time.com/collections/...
Salvatore Vinci leads @who.int's work on electrifying health care facilities with clean energy to change this. I'm glad that the TIME has recognised his work.
Salvatore, you make us #ProudToBeWHO!
time.com/collections/...
Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns @thelancet.com Countdown report.
As we prepare for #COP30, @who.int calls on leaders to support the Belém Health Action Plan & strengthen:
-surveillance & early warning
-workforce capacity
-engagement with the affected communities
As we prepare for #COP30, @who.int calls on leaders to support the Belém Health Action Plan & strengthen:
-surveillance & early warning
-workforce capacity
-engagement with the affected communities
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns @thelancet.com Countdown report.
As we prepare for #COP30, @who.int calls on leaders to support the Belém Health Action Plan & strengthen:
-surveillance & early warning
-workforce capacity
-engagement with the affected communities
As we prepare for #COP30, @who.int calls on leaders to support the Belém Health Action Plan & strengthen:
-surveillance & early warning
-workforce capacity
-engagement with the affected communities
@who.int is appalled & shocked by reports of the killing of 460+ patients & companions at Saudi Maternity 🏥 in El Fasher, #Sudan
Attacks on health MUST STOP immediately & unconditionally
All patients, health personnel & facilities must be protected under International Humanitarian Law
Ceasefire!
Attacks on health MUST STOP immediately & unconditionally
All patients, health personnel & facilities must be protected under International Humanitarian Law
Ceasefire!
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Following the attack on Saudi Maternity Hospital, #Sudan, @who.int received reports about abduction of 4 medical doctors, 1 nurse & 1 pharmacist.
We call for immediate & unconditional release of the health workers, protection of health personnel & patients, humanitarian access to deliver health aid.
We call for immediate & unconditional release of the health workers, protection of health personnel & patients, humanitarian access to deliver health aid.
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Unity is the basis for any success.
Deeply grateful to #Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo for recognizing @who.int's efforts to unite the world around our #HealthForAll mission.
Unity and peace are the answers in these turbulent times.
Deeply grateful to #Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo for recognizing @who.int's efforts to unite the world around our #HealthForAll mission.
Unity and peace are the answers in these turbulent times.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Unity is the basis for any success.
Deeply grateful to #Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo for recognizing @who.int's efforts to unite the world around our #HealthForAll mission.
Unity and peace are the answers in these turbulent times.
Deeply grateful to #Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo for recognizing @who.int's efforts to unite the world around our #HealthForAll mission.
Unity and peace are the answers in these turbulent times.
Congratulations, #SouthAfrica, on your rapid action to register the use of lenacapavir for prevention of #HIV, a potential game-changer for the epidemic in your country.
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[BREAKING] SA becomes the first African country to register the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab — at record speed - Bhekisisa
South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring a...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Congratulations, #SouthAfrica, on your rapid action to register the use of lenacapavir for prevention of #HIV, a potential game-changer for the epidemic in your country.
bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, Darfour, #Sudan — was attacked again yesterday. Reports say one nurse lost her life and three additional health workers have been injured.
There is a communication blackout and we cannot verify further developments at and around the hospital.
Ceasefire!
There is a communication blackout and we cannot verify further developments at and around the hospital.
Ceasefire!
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, Darfour, #Sudan — was attacked again yesterday. Reports say one nurse lost her life and three additional health workers have been injured.
There is a communication blackout and we cannot verify further developments at and around the hospital.
Ceasefire!
There is a communication blackout and we cannot verify further developments at and around the hospital.
Ceasefire!
The 42-day countdown towards the end of the #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC started last Monday. If no further cases are confirmed, the outbreak will be declared over in early December.
Meanwhile, the measures need to be maintained so that we are ready to respond to any new cases.
Meanwhile, the measures need to be maintained so that we are ready to respond to any new cases.
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#Cholera is an ancient disease we know how to prevent, yet it still devastates the poorest countries.
Vaccination is vital to control outbreaks, and investing in WASH is key to preventing them.
President Hichilema and I urge leaders to help us expand vaccine production and end cholera for good.
Vaccination is vital to control outbreaks, and investing in WASH is key to preventing them.
President Hichilema and I urge leaders to help us expand vaccine production and end cholera for good.
Cholera is spreading fast, yet it can be stopped. Why haven’t we consigned it to history? | Hakainde Hichilema and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Cholera is spreading fast, yet it can be stopped. Why haven’t we consigned it to history? | Hakainde Hichilema and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Vaccine production must be expanded to combat this ancient disease, especially in Africa, but a lack of political will is holding us back
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#Cholera is an ancient disease we know how to prevent, yet it still devastates the poorest countries.
Vaccination is vital to control outbreaks, and investing in WASH is key to preventing them.
President Hichilema and I urge leaders to help us expand vaccine production and end cholera for good.
Vaccination is vital to control outbreaks, and investing in WASH is key to preventing them.
President Hichilema and I urge leaders to help us expand vaccine production and end cholera for good.
Little Maria is one of the seven patients from #Gaza, who arrived in #Switzerland for specialised medical care needed to treat their injuries. They arrived with 27 companions.
The patients and companions were evacuated from Gaza yesterday by @who.int.
I thank 🇨🇭 for their generosity and solidarity.
The patients and companions were evacuated from Gaza yesterday by @who.int.
I thank 🇨🇭 for their generosity and solidarity.
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Little Maria is one of the seven patients from #Gaza, who arrived in #Switzerland for specialised medical care needed to treat their injuries. They arrived with 27 companions.
The patients and companions were evacuated from Gaza yesterday by @who.int.
I thank 🇨🇭 for their generosity and solidarity.
The patients and companions were evacuated from Gaza yesterday by @who.int.
I thank 🇨🇭 for their generosity and solidarity.
A special honour to celebrate #Kazakhstan’s Republic Day with my grandchildren, sharing in their heritage through Kazakh culture and art in Geneva.
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A special honour to celebrate #Kazakhstan’s Republic Day with my grandchildren, sharing in their heritage through Kazakh culture and art in Geneva.
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
We are on the verge of making #polio the second human disease to be consigned to history.
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We are on the verge of making #polio the second human disease to be consigned to history.
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
‘The health situation in #Gaza is a crisis for generations to come’
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
‘The health situation in #Gaza is a crisis for generations to come’
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme