Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (2018)

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ( Amharic ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ ; born March 3, 1965 in Asmara , Ethiopia , today Eritrea ) is an Ethiopian biologist , immunologist and politician . He is Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and previously held various ministerial offices in Ethiopia .

Live and act

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus obtained his Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in biology from Asmara University in 1986 . Until 1992 he studied at the University of London , where he did his Master of Science (MSc) in Immunology of Infectious Diseases ( Immunology of Infectious Diseases ). He received his Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) in Community Health from the University of Nottingham in 2000 .

In May 2017, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected WHO Director General for a five-year term at the Seventieth World Health Assembly. He was elected from a number of candidates by the World Health Assembly as the first WHO director-general and he is the first person from Africa to serve as WHO technical and administrative head.

Before his election as WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was Ethiopia's Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016 . During his time as Minister of Health in Ethiopia, he initiated a comprehensive reform of the country's health system. He established universal health insurance and improved access to health care despite limited resources . He was elected chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS , Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2009. Previously, he was Chairman of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board and Co-Chairman of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Board .

Surname

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is a patronymic name like most Ethiopian personal names. Adhanom is the patronymic and Ghebreyesus the (not always used) name of the grandfather, not the surname. The nickname Tedros is used for the short form instead of the non-existent surname .

Works (selection)

  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Tesfamariam Alemayehu, Andrea Bosma, Karen Hanna Witten, Awash Teklehaimanot: Community participation in malaria control in Tigray region Ethiopia. Acta Tropica. 61 (2), 1996, doi: 10.1016 / 0001-706X (95) 00107-P , PMID 8740892 , pp. 145-156 (English).
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Mitiku Haile, deanb, Karen Hanna Witten, Asefaw Getachew, Ambachew M. Yohannes, Mekonnen Yohannes, Hailay D. Teklehaimanot, Steven W. Lindsay, Peter Byass: Incidence of malaria among children living near dams in northern Ethiopia: community based incidence survey. BMJ. 319 (7211), September 11, 1999, doi: 10.1136 / bmj.319.7211.663 , PMID 10480820 , pp. 663-666 (English).
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The effects of dams on malaria transmission in Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia, and appropriate control measures. Jisc Library Hub Discover (PhD thesis). University of Nottingham, 2000 (English).
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Michel Kazatchkine, Michel Sidibé, Hiroki Nakatani: Tuberculosis and HIV: time for an intensified response. The Lancet. 375 (9728), May 2010, doi: 10.1016 / S0140-6736 (10) 60595-8 , PMID 20488527 , pp. 1757-1758 (English).
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Achieving the health MDGs: country ownership in four steps. The Lancet. 376 (9747), October 2010, doi: 10.1016 / S0140-6736 (10) 61465-1 , PMID 20864154 , pp. 1127-1128 (English).

criticism

Journalists were reportedly prevented from reporting cholera outbreaks while he was Minister of Health. In January 2020, Tedros, whose election as WHO director general was supported by the Chinese government, is said to have withheld information about the human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 at the urging of Chinese President Xi Jinping , which the WHO denies . Since the WHO praises China's approach and the alleged openness of its leadership and leaves propaganda messages uncommented, Tedros has often called for his resignation.

Web links

Commons : Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum Vitae: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Candidate for Director-General of the World Health Organization Endorsed by the African Union. (pdf, 527 kB) In: who.int . October 11, 2016, accessed June 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Biography Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In: who.int. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ Kai Kupferschmidt: WHO chief Tedros is facing the challenge of his life. In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 15, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Bianca Blei: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, an African on a global mission. In: derstandard.at. April 28, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  5. ^ WHO: Statement on false accusations in the mirror. In: unric.org. May 11, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Francesca Polistina: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Retrieved July 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ethiopian biologist, immunologist, politician, WHO director general
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Asmara , Ethiopia, today Eritrea