Historical Figure

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ethiopian public health official (born 1965)

About Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017. He is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. Tedros played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Pandemic2019 CE – 2023 CE

COVID-19 Pandemic

A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) originating in Wuhan, China triggered a global pandemic that killed an estimated 7–20 million people directly and caused the most severe global economic contraction since the Great Depression, fundamentally accelerating structural changes in work, supply chains, geopolitics, and vaccine technology.