Keynote address at the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, Sixty-seventh session
10 October 2016 – In her address, Dr Margaret Chan reviewed recent health achievements in a region known for its diversity, both in country capacities and the nature of health threats. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - October 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Speech [doctype], Western Pacific Region [region] Source Type: news
Address to the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, Sixty-third Session
3 October 2016 - In her address, Dr Margaret Chan drew attention to the significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation, with level three emergencies in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. She drew attention to more than 100 attacks, often deliberate, on hospitals and health care facilities since the start of this year, and said this must stop. On the positive side, both Afghanistan and Pakistan are making headway in polio eradication, and Egypt has reduced the price of hepatitis C treatment from the launch price of $84,000 per treatment course to only $172. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - October 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Egypt [country], Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Opening remarks at the Regional Committee for the Americas, Sixty-eighth session
26 September 2016 – In her address, Dr Margaret Chan praised countries for their response to the Zika outbreak, including their contribution to scientific understanding of the virus, its modes of transmission, and its association with microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities. She reviewed the Region’s pr ogress over the past decade, focusing on progress towards universal health coverage and the elimination of targeted infectious diseases. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: infectious disease [subject], communicable diseases, microcephaly [subject], universal health coverage [subject], universal health care, universal access, zika [subject], Region of the Americas [region], Speech [doctype], United States of America [country Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses UN General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance
WHO Director-General address UN General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: antimicrobial resistance [subject] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses UN meeting on refugees, migrants crisis
Dr Margaret Chan's remarks at the UNGA summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: refugees [subject], displaced people, Region of the Americas [region], Speech [doctype], United States of America [country] Source Type: news
Remarks at the UNGA summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants
Dr Margaret Chan's remarks at the UNGA summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: refugees [subject], displaced people, Region of the Americas [region], Speech [doctype], United States of America [country] Source Type: news
Address to the Regional Committee for Europe, Sixty-sixth session
Address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to the Regional Committee for Europe, Sixty-sixth session (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
G7 Kobe Health Ministers Meeting: Attaining universal health coverage focusing on healthy and active ageing
Speech by Dr Margaret Chan, Director of the World Health Organization, at G7 Kobe Health Ministers Meeting. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: ageing [subject], elderly, older people, geriatric Source Type: news
G7 Kobe Health Ministers Meeting: Reinforcing the global architecture for health emergencies
Speech by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, at G7 Kobe Health Ministers Meeting (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Address to the Regional Committee for South-East Asia, Sixty-ninth Session
by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: South-East Asia Region [region], Speech [doctype], Sri Lanka [country] Source Type: news
Keynote address at a high-level side event on universal health coverage in Africa at TICAD
26 August 2016 -- Keynote address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, at a high-level side event on universal health coverage in Africa at TICAD. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - August 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: universal health coverage [subject], universal health care, universal access Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses the Regional Committee for Africa
19 August 2016 - In her address, Dr Margaret Chan compared the situation in Africa in 2007, when she first addressed the committee, with the situation today, describing the progress as “remarkable”. She praised African ministers of health for their commitment to universal health coverage and explained why the African Region stands to gain most from implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - August 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: African Region [region], Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Address to mark World Humanitarian Day
19 August 2016 -- WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan remarks on protracted crisis in the world and attacks on health workers in her remarks for World Humanitarian Day. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - August 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, health equity [subject], health inequity, health care disparities, health services [subject], human right [subject], rights, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Opening remarks at the high-level meeting on nutrition for growth
4 August 2016 -- In her opening remarks at a high-level meeting on nutrition for growth, Dr Margaret Chan highlighted the complexity of the determinants of malnutrition, the vulnerabilities of the international food system, and the need for good data on nutrition. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - August 4, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: nutrition [subject], malnutrition, overnutrition, food, food security, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Closing remarks at the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly
Mister President, Excellencies, honourable ministers, ambassadors, distinguished delegates, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I have taken one overarching message from this Assembly. We can do anything in the world we want to, provided we speak with a united voice. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - May 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
