Margaret Chan
Margaret Chan
Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, OBE, JPis a Hong Kong Chinese and Canadian physician, who serves as the Director-General of the World Health Organizationfor 2006–17. 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 following day. Chan has previously served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government, representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryChina
My argument is, whatever resources you put in place, compared to the possible economic loss in the event of a pandemic, is peanuts.
In view of the situation in Iraq, I was on the phone talking to the company and they are willing to provide in the order of 7-10,000 treatment courses and we are trying to ship them as soon as possible to the ground.
The Chinese government has taken very effective measures, and they are making improvements every month, even every day.
I must stress that it is still a suspected case at this stage and the experts are still investigating,
It is meant as a fire blanket to contain damage if we receive signals and evidence from the ground that we are moving into the beginning of a pandemic.
That was a time when we were really working together as an international community of academics, politicians, public health experts. Everybody really was so focused,
When is the next time? We don't have a time frame. I suspect it will likely to be November, if history is anything to go by.
There has been a meeting and discussions are still in progress. The talks have been taking place between the two sides here and in the United States.
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 welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations - organizations, agencies - we need to do our part.
Health system development is a key to effective detection, response, and control of any outbreak.
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 of Africa and the health of women are key indicators of the performance of WHO. This is a health organization for the whole world... But we must focus our attention on the people in greatest need.
The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.
...we hope to stop the transmission in six to nine months
Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.