WHO Director-General addresses health promotion conference

10 June 2013 -- In her address to the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion, Dr Margaret Chan described efforts to counter the tactics of powerful economic operators as one of the biggest challenges facing health promotion, especially when it aims to prevent noncommunicable diseases. As she stated, Big Tobacco, Big Food, Big Soda, and Big Alcohol all fear regulation, and protect themselves by using similar tactics.
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news