2025 marked by major progress and challenges for global health: WHO chief


By Wang Lu

GENEVA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The year 2025 has brought both significant progress and major challenges for the World Health Organization (WHO) and global health more broadly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.

Speaking at a media briefing organized by the Association of Correspondents Accredited to the United Nations (ACANU), Tedros delivered a wide-ranging review of the year, citing historic public health achievements while warning of intensifying geopolitical and operational threats.

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