# Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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## TL;DR

Director-General of the World Health Organization, under whom WHO's global cancer initiatives are run.

## Summary

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is Director-General of the World Health Organization. He leads the agency responsible for global health norms and programmes, including WHO's cancer control work such as the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative and the cervical cancer elimination strategy. He previously served as Ethiopia's Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; global health; cancer control
- Role: Director-General
- Specialisms: Global health; Health policy; Noncommunicable disease control

## Sources

- Institution profile: https://www.who.int/director-general

## Connected records

- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- institutions: [World Health Organization Cancer Programme](https://onco.cc/institutions/who/)

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