Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Sign of Our 'Dangerous' Times: WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited the outbreaks as evidence of mounting strain on global health systems and WHO’s reduced budget and staffing.
- Opening the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described new Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a hantavirus case on the Hondius cruise ship as the latest global crises.
- The World Health Organization faces severe strain, with its budget reduced by around 21 percent, or nearly one billion dollars, while Washington has not paid $260 million in dues since President Donald Trump initiated withdrawal proceedings in 2025.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed that "protecting others is the best way to protect ourselves," while Ghana President John Dramani Mahama told the assembly, "We are witnessing the end of an era."
- Amid these challenges, Swiss Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider noted that hundreds of jobs have been cut, while countries again refused to add Taiwan's observer status request to the agenda or discuss Argentina's potential withdrawal.
- Disagreement between wealthy and developing nations has blocked closure on the WHO's landmark 2025 pandemic treaty, with diplomats indicating broad agreement to maintain a 'grey zone' regarding the status of the United States.
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Africa: WHO Assembly Opens Under Shadow of Ebola, Hantavirus and Funding Cuts
From Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa to the complex evacuation of passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) opened its annual assembly on Monday as countries grapple with disease outbreaks, deep funding cuts and growing geopolitical tension.
Hantavirus and Ebola are just the latest crises of a "dangerous and divisive" era, alerted the head of the World Health Organization on Monday at the opening of the WHO Annual Meeting. ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned about a “dangerous era” marked by health crises, during the opening of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva.The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the recent outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus reflect an unstable and divided international context.The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, defended international cooperation after the evacua…
Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks sign of our 'dangerous' times
GENEVA, Switzerland — The deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are only the latest crises in “dangerous and divisive” times, the World Health Organization chief said Monday. Opening the body’s annual decision-making assembly in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke of the new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which he declared an international health emergency over the weekend, and the rare hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hon…
The annual meeting of the World Health Organization began in Geneva. WHO head Tedros said at the opening that people live in difficult and divided times. He referred to economic crises, climate change and the reduction of aid.
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ObservadorThe Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today warned that the recent outbreak of hantavirus and the Ebola epidemic are the most recent crises in the troubled world. From the conflicts to the economic crises, through climate change and the reduction of international aid... we live in a difficult, dangerous time and source of divisions, warned Ghebreyesus, at the opening of the 79th World Health Ass…
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