Best Margaret Chan Quotes
- 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 the… Admit
- Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for rainfall,… Call
- 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… Antibiotic
- The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibilities of donors… Accra
- Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from… Alert
- The International Health Partnership Plus is addressing the need to harmonize development assistance and reduce the current waste, duplication, and high transaction costs. Addressing
- WHO has a country office in nearly every developing country, usually located close to the Ministry of Health. Staff in these offices need to do… Close
- New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even affects their health.… Affects
- The World Health Organization did a world health report in 2006. In the whole world about 60 countries are in dire situation in terms of… Africa
- 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… Agencies
- New and emerging infections keep coming back and the world needs a collective defense system, and that requires international cooperation and collaboration, in the name… Collaboration
- When WHO works with the private sector, the Organization takes all possible measures to ensure its work to develop policy and guidelines is protected from… All
- SARS was a very important event... And many countries have learned from SARS... The SARS event sort of gave them additional impetus and the sense… Additional