At the heart of the global battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, its general manager World Health Organization, Ethiopian Tantros Adanom Gebregesous will be a candidate for re-election, wrote today the news site Stat News, which specializes in health issues.
Citing a person close to the head of the WHO, Stat News reports that Tentros plans to run for a second five-year term in the leadership of the WHO. Asked by the French Agency, the WHO did not respond immediately.
In 2017, Tandos Antanom Gebregesus became the first African to take the reins of this powerful United Nations organization, with the ambition to reform it and make it more transparent.
However, this malaria specialist will remain in everyone’s memory, as he was under the leadership of the WHO during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He was accused by former US President Donald Trump of mismanaging the pandemic and blindly agreeing with China’s defense. However, he was largely supported by the international community thanks to his unwavering solidarity with the poorest countries.
The arrival of Democrat Joe Biden in the White House, with which the US returned to the WHO, allowed the few critical voices against Tetros to be silenced.
With a degree in immunology and a doctor in the field of community health, the former Minister of Health and former Ethiopian Foreign Minister is the first Director-General of the World Health Organization to be elected to this position.
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