WHO Director-General addresses the Asian Investment Conference

24 March 2014 -- Are we winning the fight against infectious diseases? This is the question Dr Margaret Chan was asked to address to help the Asian investment community assess risks from emerging and epidemic-prone diseases. As she argued, changes in the way humanity inhabits the planet have made the emergence of new diseases inevitable. However, not all new diseases will cause abrupt and acute shocks to economies or spread easily along the routes of international air travel.
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