Dr (not medical) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation (from Ethiopia) and Dechen Wangmo, Bhutan’s Health Minister, President of the World Health Assembly will oversee the WHO pandemic treaty agreements to be ratified in November this year.
QUOTE: The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of World Health Organisation. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.