World Health Organization leader says universal health coverage is a 'rights issue'

When Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the new director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks about the importance of universal health coverage, he often brings up the story of his younger brother who died from a common disease—possibly measles—when they were both children. "We were living under the same roof, even sharing a bed," said Dr. Tedros (as he prefers to be called) during an interview moderated by TIME on Sept. 17. "He died. I survived. It was just luck.