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by Algemeiner Staff
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Christopher Black / WHO / Handout via Reuters / File.
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, spoke by phone on Wednesday with Israel’s new health minister, Yuli Edelstein.
In a tweet, Tedros wrote, “Good call with Yuli Edelstein. I congratulated him on his new appointment. We discussed strengthening WHO-Israel collaboration.”
Tedros also noted that Edelstein — a former Knesset speaker — had agreed to promote the “Health for All” resolution adapted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) last year.
Good call with @YuliEdelstein, ?? Health Minister. I congratulated him on his new appointment. We discussed strengthening @WHO-?? collaboration. As a former speaker of the Knesset, he agreed to champion the #HealthForAll resolution adapted by @IPUparliament Assembly last year.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 27, 2020
