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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Profile picture
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
@DrTedros
Director-General of the World Health Organization. Retweets are not endorsements
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Sep 21, 2021 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
.@WHOEMRO Director Al Mandhari and I met with the Taliban leadership to discuss the current health situation in #Afghanistan and the needs of Afghan #healthworkers to prevent the health system from collapsing. The acute challenges of #Afghanistan's health system are: lack of equipment, medicines and personnel; funds needed to continue the Sehatmandi programme and pay #healthworkers; and brain drain. All these are already causing deaths among Afghan people.
Sep 19, 2021 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
Happy to be in #Qatar 🇶🇦 together with @WHOEMRO Director today. We met with Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister @MOPHQatar, Khalifa Al-Kuwari, @qatar_fund Director, their teams and @MofaQatar_EN representatives, to discuss 🇶🇦's support for health in #Afghanistan. ImageImage We thank #Qatar 🇶🇦 for its generous support to the people of #Afghanistan through medical and aid supply flights, including @WHO's, and hosting evacuees. Impressive whole of government and whole of society approach to helping the Afghan people.
Jul 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A shocking imbalance remains in the global distribution of #COVID19 vaccines. Over 3.5 billion vaccines have been distributed globally, but more than 75% of those have gone to just ten countries. The haves are opening up, while the have-nots are locking down. #VaccinEquity To deliver #VaccinEquity, my sister @NOIweala & I are committed to intensified capacity building & providing robust joint technical assistance to countries on #COVID19 health, intellectual property & trade-related matters.
May 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Today it was my turn to get vaccinated @Hopitaux_unige against #COVID19. Vaccines save lives. It’s critical to get them to all counties A.S.A.P. If like me you live in a country where vaccines are available, please get vaccinated when it’s your turn. To make vaccines available to all who need them, governments, manufacturers and other stakeholders must commit to share and produce more doses of #COVID19 vaccines to protect everyone. #VaccinEquity
May 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Today is #InternationalNursesDay. Nurses have been at the core of the #COVID19 response providing life-saving care and, in so many heartbreaking cases, they are there in the last moments of a person’s life. To nurses everywhere, thank you for your tireless commitment! In this Year of the Health and Care Worker, the #COVID19 pandemic has reminded all of us how much we all depend on nurses, from our first day to our last, and why all countries must invest in nurses now and for the future. #InternationalNursesDay #SupportHealthCareWorkers
May 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The spread of variants, increased social mixing, the relaxation of public health and social measures and inequitable vaccination are all driving #COVID19 transmission. Therefore, we need to use every tool at our disposal to drive transmission down, right now. Even in countries with a downward trend in cases and with the highest #COVID19 vaccination rates, public health capacities must be strengthened to prepare for the possibility of vaccine-evading variants, and for future emergencies.
May 8, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Was a privilege to address the High-level Emergency Meeting of African Health Ministers on #COVID19. @WHO will keep partnering with @_AfricanUnion nations to strengthen public health services & build capacity to generate vaccine supply to end the pandemic bit.ly/3twzTlW The shocking disparity in global distribution of #COVID19 vaccines is a moral outrage, & economically & epidemiologically self-defeating. Of vaccines administered globally, just 2% have occurred in Africa compared to 80% in high & upper middle-income countries.
Mar 30, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
I welcome the report on the #COVID19 origins, which advances our understanding of this virus in important ways. The report also raises questions that will need to be addressed by further studies. bit.ly/3dePL6C I thank the international & Chinese experts & welcome their recommendations for further studies to understand the earliest human cases & clusters of #COVID19, trace animals sold at markets in/around Wuhan, #China, & better understand potential animal hosts & intermediaries.
Mar 30, 2021 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
As we fight the #COVID19 pandemic, we can build back better to protect future generations. We believe that nations should work together towards a global #PandemicTreaty for preparedness and response. bit.ly/3u6XIl2 A #PandemicTreaty goal would be to foster an all-of-government & all-of-society approach, strengthening national, regional & global capacities & resilience to future pandemics, including alert systems, data sharing, R&D, production & equitable distribution of medical products.
Mar 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Honoured to speak with diplomats from over 100 countries to the @UN in New York on the #COVID19 response. I was deeply heartened by the strong calls for multilateral support, for @WHO and global health security. Solidarity is key to protecting health and saving lives. Image If there’s one thing the #COVID19 pandemic has taught us in the past year, it’s that we are one humanity, and that the only way to confront shared threats is by working together to find shared solutions.
Jan 27, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Pleased to address Parliamentary Assembly of the @coe's debate on #COVID19 vaccines: ethical, legal and practical considerations. I shared 5⃣ actions we need to #ACTogether on:
1⃣prioritize and protect the COVAX Facility and ensure vaccines are rolled out equitably 2⃣to #ACTogether in fairness: Excess of #COVID19 vaccine doses should be shared, or countries should suspend their rights to access COVAX doses, once they have vaccinated their health workers and older people, to allow other countries to do the same.
Nov 14, 2020 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
My deep appreciation goes to #WHA73 Madam President, Keva Bain, Permanent Representative of the #Bahamas, for her leadership under extraordinary circumstances during both the de minimis session in May & resumed session this week. @minnis_dr, @MOFABahamas, @MOHBahamas, @FinanceBAH Image I also thank the Chair of Committee A, Dr Bjørn-Inge Larsen of #Norway, and the Chair of Committee B, His Excellency Mr Mamadou Henri Konate of #Mali, for their leadership in managing a full #WHA73 agenda.
Sep 11, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Here is why vaccine nationalism harms efforts to halt the #COVID19 pandemic: econ.st/3k1zyDo

Going it alone will perpetuate the economic and health crisis—for all! The 🌍 is suffering but rays of light are visible. Several #COVID19 vaccines are in the final stages of their trials. Factories are producing doses, in the hope they'll receive approval. There's a chance that by the end of 2020, mass vaccinations could start for high-risk people.
Aug 5, 2020 • 30 tweets • 52 min read
.@WHO is launching a new #WearAMask challenge!
By wearing a mask, you are sending a message of solidarity and protecting other people, especially those most vulnerable to #COVID19.
Take a photo or a video of yourself wearing a mask, share it and nominate friends to do the same ⬇️ Let me be clear - masks alone will not stop #COVID19 - we must 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹:
#WearAMask that covers your nose, mouth & chin
Keep physical distance
Clean your hands
Keep away from big crowds
Cover your mouth & nose when coughing

We are the ones that can end this pandemic.
Jun 21, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Last week I spoke to students graduating from @CUNY & today to graduates of the @Tsinghua_Uni School of Economics & Management.
My request: that wherever their careers take them, to work as ambassadors for our shared humanity. Our world has been thrown into turmoil by a microscopic pathogen. #COVID19 has robbed us of people we love, & exposed political divisions and social & economic inequalities. It will shape the planet for decades to come & will shape the lives & careers of these young graduates.
May 7, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
I was pleased to join the @ioevoice Conference on Back-to-Work Policies yesterday.
A return to work should be done in a phased, controlled & cautious manner, otherwise it can put lives at risk & threatens to undermine our efforts to restore social & economic activity. #COVID19 I shared @WHO's guidance for the resumption of work in the context of #COVID19:

1⃣ Employers and managers, in consultation with workers and occupational health services, should carry out and regularly update their risk assessment for work-related exposure to the virus.
Apr 19, 2020 • 13 tweets • 10 min read
The #COVID19 pandemic has reminded us of a simple truth: we are one humanity. Today I was honoured to join the @g20 Health Ministers meeting to express @WHO's gratitude for their leadership and commitment to combat the current crisis & ensure this never happens again. I had three asks of @g20org health ministers today:
1. Fight #COVID19 with determination, guided by science & evidence
2. Continue to support the global response
3. Work together to increase the production & equitable distribution of essential supplies & remove trade barriers.
Apr 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#COVID19 doesn't discriminate between:
-rich & poor or large & small nations
-nationalities, ethnicities or ideologies
Neither do we. This is a time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat – a dangerous enemy.
.@WHO is continuing to:
-study the #coronavirus
-learn from many countries about what works & share that information with the world
-train #healthworkers
-bring together experts to exchange knowledge
-provide technical guidance
-ship medical equipment to countries in need
Apr 13, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#COVID19 is a new disease and this is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. We’re learning all the time & adjusting our strategy, based on the latest available evidence on how this #coronavirus behaves, how to stop it and how to treat it.
We know that #COVID19:
-spreads fast
-transmits more easily in crowded environments like nursing homes
-can be deadly
We know that early case-finding, testing, isolating & treating every case & tracing every contact are essential for stopping transmission.
Apr 9, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Today marks 100 days since @WHO was notified of the first cases of what we now call #COVID19 in 🇨🇳
Over 1.3M people have been infected & almost 80K have lost their lives.
This pandemic is much more than a health crisis. It requires a whole-of government & society response. .@WHO's been working day & night to fight #COVID19 in 5 key areas:
-Supporting countries to prepare & respond
-Providing accurate information & fighting the infodemic
-Ensuring supply of medical equipment for #healthworkers
-Training & mobilizing health workers
-Accelerating R&D
Apr 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Today is the first-ever #InternationalDayofConscience!

In this difficult time of #COVID19, it's more pressing than ever to promote a culture of peace with love & conscience. I hope everyone will try to do the right thing to champion diversity, inclusiveness & solidarity! I strongly welcome the initiative by HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, Kingdom of #Bahrain, to establish #InternationalDayofConscience & invite everyone to promote diversity & inclusivity. #COVID19 teaches us that only together can we keep the world safe.