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WHO elects first ever African director, former Ethiopian health minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Former Ethiopian health minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected on May 23, 2017, as the World Health Organisation's first ever director-general from Africa. He replaces Margaret Chan, who will step down from her 10-year post at the end of June 2017. Tedros served in the government of Ethiopia as Minister of Health from 2005 to…

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