Kidist Birhane

LIVE from #COP31: Health Day press conference xitter.twitterapi.xyz/i/broadcasts/2EmrpbynR…

Delighted to join colleagues at #COP31 to discuss the future of the Baku COP Presidencies Coalition for Climate and Health. I thank #Türkiye for hosting this roundtable, and #Azerbaijan for establishing the Coalition. Over five COPs, successive Presidencies have built something real. The United Kingdom secured the first commitments to climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems. Egypt linked climate and nutrition. The United Arab Emirates held the first Health Day. Azerbaijan created this Coalition. Brazil delivered the Belém Health Action Plan. And today, Türkiye launched the Antalya Initiative for Health Resilience. The risk now is not a lack of ambition. It is fragmentation. This Coalition can prevent that by carrying political leadership from one COP to the next and ensuring that commitments are implemented, financed and reported on. @WHO is proud to be the Coalition’s partner and stands ready to support this work, from #COP31 to #COP32 and beyond. Together, let us turn commitments into action and build healthier, more resilient societies for generations to come. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/DrTedros/status/211982…

If we can mobilise billions for military spending, we must find the will to invest in our children. It is a question of priorities. At the @ParisPeaceForum, I joined a panel calling for a global commitment to child wellbeing. I urged world leaders to strike a better balance between investments priorities. President @EmmanuelMacron highlighted decades of progress in child health. We cannot afford to lose these gains. I thank him for putting children at the heart of #PPF2026 and hosting the #ChildSummit.

Congratulations to my sister, Prime Minister @miaamormottley, and the government, health workers and communities of #Barbados on eliminating mother-to-child transmission of #HIV. A major achievement in protecting new generations of children from HIV. This is universal health coverage in action: free healthcare for every pregnant woman, regardless of nationality, with her rights and privacy respected. #HealthForAll

Damaging nature fuels disease, hunger,economic losses and climate shocks. Protecting biodiversity means healthier, safer and more resilient societies. As @UNBiodiversity COP17 unfolds, we call on countries to put health at the heart of biodiversity and biodiversity at the heart of health policy.

I am very delighted to meet @ENHYPEN JUNGWON, JAY, JAKE, SUNGHOON, SUNOO, and NI-KI in person in Seoul 🇰🇷 today. Thank you for your work and commitment in promoting blood donation with @WHO I look forward to continuing our collaboration in the future, and perhaps next time you will come to visit me and my colleagues in Geneva.

My thanks to #Japan’s Health Vice-Minister Yasuhiro Suzuki for 🇯🇵's continued leadership on universal health coverage, including through the UHC Knowledge Hub in Tokyo that is strengthening health-finance collaboration. We agreed on the importance of @WHO continuing to #StandWithScience to deliver #HealthForAll. My ask to the Minister was to help bring the Pandemic Agreement negotiations on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex to a successful conclusion. #RC77

Access to safe, effective, quality-assured and affordable medicines is fundamental to universal health coverage. Strong national systems are essential, but some access challenges are better addressed when countries work together.  Regional cooperation has proven its value. Different regions have developed approaches suited to their contexts. I encouraged @WHO Western Pacific Member States to be ambitious and work toward effective solutions that improve access to medicines suited to the Region. #RC77

في عام 2023، دخلت مصر التاريخ بكونها أول بلد في العالم يبلغ المستوى الذهبي لمنظمة الصحة العالمية للقضاء على التهاب الكبد C. فمن خلال فحص أكثر من 60 مليون شخص وعلاج 4.5 مليون شخص من خلال مبادرة "100 مليون صحة"، تُظهِر مصر ما يمكن أن يحققه الالتزام السياسي المستمر والاستثمار المستدام في الصحة العامة. واليوم، أتقدَّمُ بالتهنئة إلى معالي وزير الصحة في مصر الدكتور عبد الغفار على الحفاظ على المستوى الذهبي على مسار القضاء على التهاب الكبد C وفقًا لتصنيف منظمة الصحة العالمية. والهدف التالي هو: القضاء على التهاب الكبد C إلى الأبد، والاستفادة من هذا النجاح لتعزيز الرعاية الصحية للجميع.

LIVE: My remarks at the Closing of the 73rd Regional Committee for @WHOEMRO xitter.twitterapi.xyz/i/broadcasts/1RJZzBMPq…

Very encouraging to see that @WHO scored the highest level of trust among all tracked international institutions in this survey by @RockefellerFdn and @focaldataHQ. These findings underscore that people continue to value collective action and recognize that health security depends on countries working together to prevent, prepare for and respond to shared threats. rockefellerfoundation.org/re…

A warm welcome to @TamaraAlrifai, the new @WHO Director of Communications, who joined us earlier this month.

Good meeting with @AlgeriaUNOG Ambassador Idris Latreche on negotiations for the Pandemic Agreement annex on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing. I appreciated #Algeria’s leadership of the African Group and its commitment to concluding this critical process to help make the world safer from future pandemics. We also discussed @WHO’s transformation and reforms to the global health architecture. I praised Algeria’s investments in universal health coverage and in local medicine production and regulation.

.@MOH_Kenya has confirmed a third case of #Ebola among the contacts of the first patient. The new patient was already in the quarantine and is now receiving supportive clinical care. This early detection demonstrates the importance of contact tracing and surveillance measures. @WHO continues to support. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/moh_kenya/status/21111…

I welcomed yesterday the Republic of #Congo’s Foreign Minister @serge_bounda, thanking him for his country’s longstanding partnership with @WHO and hosting of the @WHOAFRO Regional Office. We also discussed the ongoing #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC, and how the response is progressing.

Young people are helping shape the future of global health. I was so pleased to see the new members of the @WHOYouthCouncil at the #WHS2026: bit.ly/4s1AP1G I look forward to your ideas, your leadership and, importantly, to being challenged by you. Together, for a healthier, safer, fairer world.

LIVE: My remarks at the @WHOWPRO Regional Committee. #RC77 xitter.twitterapi.xyz/i/broadcasts/1qxvveQOL…

Staying the course, shaping the future: WHO's commitment to sexual health and reproductive rights. thelancet.com/journals/lanog…

By 2050, more than two billion people worldwide will be aged 60 or older. As people live longer, it is a global imperative to ensure that those additional years are lived in health, dignity and purpose.    The Western Pacific is home to one of the world's largest and fastest-growing older populations. Countries across the Region have been at the forefront of efforts to promote healthy ageing.  Under the leadership of @RD_WPRO Saia Ma’u Piukala, the Region's shared vision of Weaving Health for All, recognizes that healthy ageing cannot be achieved by the health sector alone. It requires transforming not only health and care systems, but also the communities and environments in which people live.    I welcome the forthcoming four-year collaboration between @WHOWPRO and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, with support from the Institute of Philanthropy and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. This collaboration offers an opportunity to turn evidence into action, adapt solutions to country needs, and learn from what works across the Region. #RC77