Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, former Ethiopian foreign minister, should lead World health Organization for the following brief but factual reasons:
Firstly as a health minister of Tigray Regional state he showcased his charisma and leadership skills by introducing health extension workers throughout the region that dramatically decreased the death of mothers during delivery and the death of children less than five years of age.
Soon after, he was promoted to lead the federal health minister and applied his best experience in Tigray throughout Ethiopia. His impact as a federal health minister was profound. Thanks to his caliber, our country successfully achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in the health sector.
As a rule of thumb, TPLF/EPRDF promotes those who in regional states to federal ministries. A few, if any, replicated their success in regional states as federal misters. Irrespective of his critics, Dr. Tedros is among the rare ones who succeeded. When it comes to ideological worship EPRDF takes the lion’s share which makes it extremely difficult to excel for those who work with the party. Dr. Tedros worked with those ideological fanatics and was undeterred by their rigidity. That was the greatest challenge one could ever face and this succeeded no matter the environment was full of Stone Age thinkers.
I personally met Dr. Tedros twice. The first was in Addis Ababa, at DeAfric hotel when he came as an honorary speaker of a get together arranged for medical graduates. There I have witnessed how he convinced them to go and serve their people in the remote areas of Ethiopia, including Afar, Gambella and Humera which are famous for their extreme hot air. Everyone was deeply moved by his speech.
The second one was at Sheraton hotel, here in Addis Ababa when he came for a book inauguration, which was an autobiography of the great Araya Zerihun one of the prominent founders and leaders of Tigray Development Association (TDA). He was among the guest speakers and his speech about the adorable Araya Zerihun left us all tearful. He told us that he knew Araya since childhood that Araya used to be a music fun since he was very young in Asmara, Eritrea. He also told us that Araya was committed to develop Tigray even to the extent of risking his very life.
What especially moved us all was that he visited Araya while was in his deathbed at ‘Torr Hailoch’ referral hospital. When Dr. Tedros asked him how he was, Araya asked him how Tigray Kuhulo was. When he told us that Araya’s commitment towards Tigray development almost everyone in the hall cried. This much convincing is Dr. Tedros Adhanom.
Therefore, with his practically proven leadership skills as a change agent, I am sure that Dr. Tedros will revolutionize the World Health Organization and make our world more healthy and more productive than ever.
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By the way, I am extremely happy to see him become among the top three contestants for world health organization general-directorship. And I wish to see him as WHO's general-director.
Firstly as a health minister of Tigray Regional state he showcased his charisma and leadership skills by introducing health extension workers throughout the region that dramatically decreased the death of mothers during delivery and the death of children less than five years of age.
Soon after, he was promoted to lead the federal health minister and applied his best experience in Tigray throughout Ethiopia. His impact as a federal health minister was profound. Thanks to his caliber, our country successfully achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in the health sector.
As a rule of thumb, TPLF/EPRDF promotes those who in regional states to federal ministries. A few, if any, replicated their success in regional states as federal misters. Irrespective of his critics, Dr. Tedros is among the rare ones who succeeded. When it comes to ideological worship EPRDF takes the lion’s share which makes it extremely difficult to excel for those who work with the party. Dr. Tedros worked with those ideological fanatics and was undeterred by their rigidity. That was the greatest challenge one could ever face and this succeeded no matter the environment was full of Stone Age thinkers.
I personally met Dr. Tedros twice. The first was in Addis Ababa, at DeAfric hotel when he came as an honorary speaker of a get together arranged for medical graduates. There I have witnessed how he convinced them to go and serve their people in the remote areas of Ethiopia, including Afar, Gambella and Humera which are famous for their extreme hot air. Everyone was deeply moved by his speech.
The second one was at Sheraton hotel, here in Addis Ababa when he came for a book inauguration, which was an autobiography of the great Araya Zerihun one of the prominent founders and leaders of Tigray Development Association (TDA). He was among the guest speakers and his speech about the adorable Araya Zerihun left us all tearful. He told us that he knew Araya since childhood that Araya used to be a music fun since he was very young in Asmara, Eritrea. He also told us that Araya was committed to develop Tigray even to the extent of risking his very life.
What especially moved us all was that he visited Araya while was in his deathbed at ‘Torr Hailoch’ referral hospital. When Dr. Tedros asked him how he was, Araya asked him how Tigray Kuhulo was. When he told us that Araya’s commitment towards Tigray development almost everyone in the hall cried. This much convincing is Dr. Tedros Adhanom.
Therefore, with his practically proven leadership skills as a change agent, I am sure that Dr. Tedros will revolutionize the World Health Organization and make our world more healthy and more productive than ever.
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By the way, I am extremely happy to see him become among the top three contestants for world health organization general-directorship. And I wish to see him as WHO's general-director.
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