No other candidate challenged WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the pandemic.
FILE IMAGE - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at the Élysée Palace for the inaugural dinner of the Paris Peach Forum as World Leaders and dignitaries arrive in Paris for the first day on Nov. 11, 202WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is expected to be confirmed by the U.N. health agency’s member countries for a second five-year term on Tuesday.
"There have been some mishaps, but Tedros has also been a steady voice throughout the pandemic, advocating for an equitable response," said Javier Guzman, director of global health policy at the Center for Global Development in Washington.WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the new variant "underlines just how perilous and precarious our situation is" on Nov. 29, 2021.
Tedros has frequently railed against rich countries for hoarding the world’s limited supply of vaccines and insisted that pharmaceuticals aren’t doing enough to make their medicines available to the poor. Amid the near-universal focus on Ukraine after the Russian invasion, Tedros slammed the global community for not doing enough to solve crises elsewhere, including Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, arguing that it was possibly because those suffering weren't white.
But last week, several WHO staffers wrote to the agency's Executive Board complaining that Kasai "has been able to continue his unethical, abusive and racist conduct without any form of restriction." In an email to staff, Kasai disputed the charges."We do need to see a stronger director-general going forward, where misconduct is not tolerated," he said, calling for extensive reforms to make the agency accountable.
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