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LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma'u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization's regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday. Piukala's nomination for WHO's top job in the Western Pacific comes months after the U.N. health agency fired its previous director, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, following allegations of racism and misconduct first reported by The Associated Press last year. Piukala was most recently Tonga's minister of health and defeated rival candidates from China, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Vietnam. Days after the AP report, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that an internal investigation into Kasai had begun. ___The Associated Press health and science department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

Persons: Saia Ma'u, Takeshi Kasai, Piukala, ” Kasai, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ”, ” Piukala, Temo Waqanivalu Organizations: —, Western Pacific, Health, The Associated Press, WHO, AP, Associated Press, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group Locations: Tonga, Manila, Western Pacific, China, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, Kasai, Pacific, Western, Syria, Congo

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Tedros did not refer to Kasai by name, referencing only his title as regional director in the Western Pacific. It is the first time in WHO's history that a regional director has been dismissed. He said that the process of naming a new regional director for the Western Pacific would begin next month, with the election to be held in October. In January, the AP reported that a WHO doctor hoping to replace Kasai as regional director in the Western Pacific had previously faced sexual misconduct accusations. With support of some WHO colleagues and his home country, Waqanivalu was preparing to run for the regional director job.

☆ OMS: Numărul de noi cazuri de COVID-19 raportate săptămânal s-a dublat la nivel global în ultimele două luni
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ReutersOMS: Numărul de noi cazuri de COVID-19 raportate săptămânal s-a dublat la nivel global în ultimele două luniNumărul de noi cazuri de COVID-19 raportate săptămânal aproape s-a dublat la nivel global în ultimele două luni, apropiindu-se de cea mai mare rată observată până în prezent în perioada pandemiei, a declarat vineri directorul general al Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, relatează Reuters. "Cazurile şi decesele continuă să crească la un nivel îngrijorător", a spus Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus într-o conferinţă de presă axată pe Papua Noua Guinee şi regiunea Pacificului de Vest. Papua Noua Guinee a raportat peste 9.300 de cazuri de COVID-19 şi 82 de decese, scrie Agerpres. Oficialii OMS au declarat că trei echipe medicale de urgenţă au sosit în Papua Noua Guinee săptămâna aceasta din Australia, Statele Unite şi Germania. "Situaţia este extrem de dificilă în acest moment", a spus Takeshi Kasai, directorul regional al OMS pentru Pacificul de Vest, în legătură cu situaţia din Papua Noua Guinee.

Persons: Reuters, Pacificului de Vest . El, OMS, Jelta Wong, urgenţă Organizations: OMS Locations: Papua Noua Guinee, Pacificului de Vest, Australia, Statele Unite, Germania, Pacificul de Vest

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