When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases,… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
A severe disease that transmits easily will leave very little international surge capacity as most countries will need their own staff and… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Doctors and nurses, with their training and their experiences, they would be able to detect unusual patterns of disease. That's why we… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Everyone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibilities of… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
The possible impact of the virus [Zika] an extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
What amazes me most is that the media and I have fostered a close relationship. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
SARS was a very important event... And many countries have learned from SARS... The SARS event sort of gave them additional impetus and the… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
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