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2025-12-12 13:15:05
[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Global Health to Face Both Achievements and Challenges in 2025] World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on the 11th that 2025 will be a year of significant achievements and major challenges for the WHO and global health. At a press conference that day, Tedros pointed out that the most prominent achievement this year was the adoption of the WHO Pandemic Protocol at the 78th World Health Assembly, a landmark achievement that will help make the world safer in the face of future pandemics. Tedros also stated that immunization remains the cornerstone of global health, “Over the past 25 years, the under-five mortality rate has more than halved, with the number of deaths falling from 11 million to 4.8 million annually, and vaccines have been the main contributor.” (CCTV)
