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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 38 quotes by Margaret Chan Margaret Chan Traditional Chinese 陳馮富珍 Simplified Chinese 陈冯富珍 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén-Féng Fùzhēn Cantonese Jyutping Can4 Fung4 Fu3 Zan1 Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, OBE MD, DSc, MScPH, FFPHM, JP (born 1947 in Hong Kong) is the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Chan was elected by the Executive Board of WHO on 8 November 2006, and was endorsed in a special meeting of the World Health Assembly on the... Read full biography of Margaret Chan → 1 2 3 Ctrl → Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution. 0 Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers. 0 Some experts say we are moving back to the pre-antibiotic era. No. This will be a post-antibiotic era. In terms of new replacement antibiotics, the... → 0 Doctors and nurses, with their training and their experiences, they would be able to detect unusual patterns of disease. That's why we say it is... → 0 HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons... → 0 We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own... → 0 Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world. 0 The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response. 0 The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation. 0 Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza... → 0 For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when... → 0 I want us to be judged by the impact we have on the health of the people of Africa and the health of women. Improvements in the health of the people... → 0 Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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