ESAT News (October 23, 2017) A watchdog agency called for investigation into the now rescinded appointment of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe as a WHO goodwill ambassador of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) by its Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. A statement by the non-governmental human rights group UN Watch said it “welcomed WHO’S cancellation of its ‘absurd, immoral and insulting’ ...

ESAT News (October 20, 2017) Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the new head of the World Health Organization has named Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador for the agency, in what a STAT reports said was a move that has startled public health experts. The report said the WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the controversial announcement on Wednesday in a ...