Friday, August 26, 2022

The Lancet Editorializes on WHO's Ethiopian Director General

 The Lancet published on 27 August 2022 an editorial titled "Tedros: Tigray, the Triple Billion, and a Second Term."

The editorial reviews briefly the controversial remarks about racism by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Ethiopian Director General, Tedros Adhanom.  The main focus of the editorial is, however, on Tedros' second term as head of the WHO.  It argues that he needs to devolve responsibility and provide more support to strengthened WHO regional offices rather than rely so heavily on direction from the top.