WHO chief says 2023 a year of avoidable suffering

The Director General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has described the year 2023 as a year of achievements and “avoidable suffering.”

Ghebreyesus, while reflecting on 2023, which also marked the UN agency’s 75th anniversary, highlighted key achievements and set out objectives for the coming year.

According to him, the outgoing year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and avoidable suffering.