CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Health Assembly re-elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to second term as WHO Director-General. WHO Member States today re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: , sometimes spelt ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, and Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.

Detailed explanation-3: -The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members, on May 24, re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director-General by a strong majority for another five years. Tedros, a former government minister from Ethiopia, is the first African to lead the agency and the only director-general not qualified as a medical doctor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Member States, through a circular letter sent by the WHO Secretariat, were invited to submit proposals for candidates. The World Health Assembly re-appointed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director-General by secret ballot. The next election for Director-General is expected in 2027.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected and officially began his second term on 16 August 2022.