This year’s edition will be headlined by Africa’s international leaders that include the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation; and Mr. Makhtar Sop Diop, Managing Director, International Finance Corporation.
Browsing: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
In a newspaper article, the leaders, including the German chancellor and French president, said Covid posed the biggest challenge since World War Two.
It said, however, that heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally.
The agencies are WHO; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; and UN Special Representative for Ending Violence Against Children – with the End of Violence Partnership
The doctors’ remarks during a TV debate sparked outrage, and they were accused of treating Africans like “human guinea pigs”
The World Health Organisation says no fewer than 200,000 cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have now been reported to it, with 8,000 people losing their lives.
Addressing the Assembly, the Director General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said strengthening the health systems everywhere was important to prevention of future outbreaks of Ebola and other diseases.