Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Michael Bloomberg named World Health Organization ambassador

FILE - In this Wednesday Jan. 27, 2016 file photo, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, chats with diplomats at the biennial "Investor Summit on Climate Risk" on at U.N. headquarters. The World Health Organization has appointed billionaire philanthropist and former New York Mayor Bloomberg as a global ambassador to help spur governments and donors to tackle prevalent diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease, WHO announced Wednesday, Aug. 17. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Billionaire philanthropist and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has a new job - as global ambassador for the U.N. health agency with a mandate to help reduce deaths from prevalent diseases, traffic accidents, tobacco, alcohol and obesity.


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