Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelt ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017. Tedros is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. He played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak. Prior to serving as Director-General, he held two high-level positions in the government of Ethiopia: Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016. Tedros was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Books by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
George Monbiot, Bill McKibben, Marshall Burke, Glen Peters, Jennie C. Stephens, Alice Larkin, Naomi Klein, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine Hayhoe, Elin Anna Labba, Michael E. Mann, Sunita Narain, Dave Goulson, Peter H. Gleick, Mike Berners-Lee, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Erica Chenoweth, Peter Brannen, Beth Shapiro, Michael Oppenheimer, Johan Rockström, Zeke Hausfather, Bjørn H. Samset, Paulo Ceppi, Jennifer A. Francis, Friederike Otto, Kate Marvel, Ricarda Winkelmann, Stefan Rahmstorf, Hans-Otto Pörtner, David Wallace-Wells, Karin Kvale, Joëlle Gergis, Carlos A. Nobre, Julia Arieira, Nathália Nascimento, Beverly E. Law, Adriana De Palma, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Andy Purvis, Keith W Larson, Jennifer Soong, Örjan Gustafsson, Tamsin Edwards, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Drew Shindell, Felipe J Colón-González, John Brownstein, Derek MacFadden, Sarah F McGough, Mauricio Santillana, Samuel S. Myers, Saleemul Huq, Jacqui Patterson, Abrahm Lustgarten, Michael A. Taylor, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Sônia Guajajara, Jason Hickel, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Solomon Hsiang, Taikan Oki, Eugene Linden, Kevin L. Anderson, Alexandra Urisman, Karl-Heinz Erb, Simone Gingrich, Niclas Hällström, Isak Stoddard, Amitav Ghosh, Rob Jackson, Alexander Popp, Michael A Clark, Sonja Vermeulen, John Barrett, Alice Garvey, Ketan Joshi, Jillian Anable, Christian Brand, Annie Lowrey, Silpa Kaza, Nina Schrank, Stuart Capstick, Lorraine E. Whitmarsh, Per Espen Stoknes, Gidon Eshel, Seth Klein, Nicole Becker, Disha Ravi, Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Laura Verónica Muñoz, Ina Maria Shikongo, Ayisha Siddiqa, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Wanjira Mathai, Lucas Chanel, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth, Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Kolbert, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Oreskes: The Climate Book (Hardcover, 2023)
The Climate Book
by George Monbiot, Bill McKibben, Marshall Burke, and 100 others
