Margaret Chan Quotes

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• 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 are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem.

  Margaret Chan

  Country, Hiv, Aids Day

  "Interview with Dr. Margaret Chan". "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 16, 2007.

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• 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.

  Margaret Chan

  Agency, Organization, Voice

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• Health system development is a key to effective detection, response, and control of any outbreak.

  Margaret Chan

  Keys, Development, Outbreaks

  "Are We Prepared? An Exclusive Interview with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan". “Next Outbreak” with Joanne Silberner, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2015.

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• For the first time in history, we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real-time... Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.

  Margaret Chan

  Real, Track, Pandemics

  "Influenza A(H1N1)". www.who.int. April 29, 2009.

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• 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

  Ideas, Disease, No Idea

  "10 years after SARS outbreak, WHO boss shares lessons learned". Interview with Helen Branswell, toronto.ctvnews.ca. March 5, 2013.

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• 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 pipeline is virtually dry. A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. Things as common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill.

  Margaret Chan

  Children, Moving, Mean

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• 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.

  Margaret Chan

  Organization, Impact, Keys

  Speech to the World Health Assembly, www.who.int. November 9, 2006.

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• The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.

  Margaret Chan

  Daughter, Mother, Mean

  "Birth of a Surgeon". "Wide Angel" with Aaron Brown, www.pbs.org. July 15, 2008.

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• Everyone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease that spreads via the airborne route or can be transmitted during the incubation period, before an infected person shows telltale signs of illness.

  Margaret Chan

  Mean, Ebola, Worst Case Scenario

  "Are We Prepared? An Exclusive Interview with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan". “Next Outbreak” with Joanne Silberner, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2015.

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• Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

  Margaret Chan

  Damage, Tobacco Industry, Profit

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• A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate impact. By the same token, even the best-stocked delivery system will have an inadequate impact if it fails to reach the poor.

  Margaret Chan

  Mother, Children, Impact

  "WHO director general Margaret Chan says fight for global health on all fronts" by Sarah Boseley, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2011.

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• Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.

  Margaret Chan

  Issues, Pandemics, Influenza

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• Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are more costly, more toxic, need much longer durations of treatment, and may require treatment in intensive care units.

  Margaret Chan

  Europe, Toxic, Needs

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• I am personally overseeing changes that include the establishment of a global health emergency workforce.

  Margaret Chan

  Emergencies, Establishment, Workforce

  "Are We Prepared? An Exclusive Interview with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan". “Next Outbreak” with Joanne Silberner, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2015.

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• I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

  Margaret Chan

  Reputation, Talkers

  "Swine flu will be biggest pandemic ever, warns world health chief" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2009.

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• Maternal mortality health is a very sensitive indicator. All you need to look at is a country's maternal mortality rate. That is a surrogate for whether the country's health system is functioning. If it works for women, I'm sure it will work for men.

  Margaret Chan

  Country, Men, Needs

  "Birth of a Surgeon". "Wide Ange" with Aaron Brown, www.pbs.org. July 15, 2008.

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• The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response.

  Margaret Chan

  Opportunity, Community, Window

  "Influenza A(H1N1)". www.who.int. April 29, 2009.

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• The WHO is the lead agency in health in the United Nations system, and clearly we have very important functions to play.

  Margaret Chan

  Play, Agency, Important

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• Geneva is a city where the living conditions and hospitality provided by both the population and authorities of Geneva - at all levels - are exemplary and greatly facilitate the work and daily life of WHO employees.

  Margaret Chan

  Cities, Population, Levels

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• 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 pneumonia.

  Margaret Chan

  Country, Pneumonia, Pandemics

  "WHO increases swine flu alert". www.abc.net.au. April 30, 2009.

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• The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation.

  Margaret Chan

  Unique, Viruses, Mutation

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• 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 they do need to seek urgent care.

  Margaret Chan

  Worry, People, Challenges

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• Avoid activities outdoor. If you like to take an afternoon nap sleep under bed net. So these are measures that can be done to minimize [the] chance of infection [with Zika virus].

  Margaret Chan

  Sleep, Naps, Bed

  "WHO: Birth Defect Linked To Zika Virus Is 'Public Health Emergency'". www.wbur.org. February 1, 2016.

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• 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 important for every country to have a proper surveillance system. The function of the surveillance system is to detect unusual patterns of diseases.

  Margaret Chan

  Country, Doctors, Nurse

  "Interview with Dr. Margaret Chan". "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 16, 2007.

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• 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 way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.

  Margaret Chan

  Thinking, Organization, Important

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 16, 2007.

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