WHO chief makes case for 2nd term as Ethiopia criticizes him

Published January 25, 2022 7:05 AM

By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has laid out more plans to fight the virus and other priorities as he pitched his case for a new five-year term. That came as he has faced criticism from Ethiopia — the government of his own country — over his comments about the embattled Tigray region. Tedros is running unopposed for a second five-year term and he is all but certain to win at the WHO’s annual assembly in May. He has criticized Ethiopia’s blockade of international humanitarian aid to Tigray. Ethiopia on Tuesday for the second straight day criticized the WHO and Tedros, an ethnic Tigrayan.

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