World Health Assembly elects Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General

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On 23 May 2017, the Members States of the World Health Organization (WHO) elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated by the Government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year term on 1 July 2017.

ICOH warmly congratulates the new WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, dedicating him a tweet:

“Congrats to @WHO DG @DrTedros champion of global health. ICOH looks forward to continued cooperation for #health of 3.4 billions workers”.




For more information please visit:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/director-general-elect/en/

http://www.who.int/dg/dg-elect/en/