Address to the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly
Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, addresses the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - May 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses UN on the World Drug Problem
Dr Margaret Chan reviewed the enormous health and social harm caused by the illicit use of psychoactive drugs. In the view of WHO, drug policies that focus almost exclusively on use of the criminal justice system need to be broadened by embracing a public health approach (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - April 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: substance abuse [subject], drug addiction, drug dependence, drug abuse, drug use, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General briefs UN on antimicrobial resistance
In her opening remarks, Dr Margaret Chan desribed the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance as a “slow-motion tsunami.” She called for the political leadership needed to target all behaviours, also in the agriciulitural sector, that contribute to the misuse of these fragile medicines. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - April 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: drug resistance [subject], antimicrobial drug resistance, antimicrobial, antibiotic resistance, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Out of the shadows: making mental health a global priority
Dr Margaret Chan's opening remarks at the Spring Meetings "Out of the shadows: making mental health a global priority" organised by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - April 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: mental health [subject], mental health promotion, mental health [subject], mental health promotion, Region of the Americas [region], Speech [doctype], United States of America [country] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses a health consultation for the World Humanitarian Summit
Dr Margaret Chan explained why the world’s response to humanitarian crises is itself in a crisis. She drew on several recent reports to pinpoint weaknesses and propose how the health component of the response can drive transformational change. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - April 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses a health consultation for the World Humanitarian Forum
Dr Margaret Chan explained why the world’s response to humanitarian crises is itself in a crisis. She drew on several recent reports to pinpoint weaknesses and propose how the health component of the response can drive transformational change. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - April 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General launches diabetes report
In her speech commemorating World Health Day, Dr Margaret Chan drew attention to the staggering recent increase in diabetes prevalence and what this means for health in every region of the world. As she noted, diabetes was long considered a disease of the rich but now has its highest burden among the poor. She highlighted a number of facts and statistics set out in WHO’s first-ever global report on the diabetes situation. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - April 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: diabetes [subject], diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, diabetes [subject], diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses senior-level meeting to strengthen IHR implementation
Dr Margaret Chan underscored the dismal compliance with the core capacities needed to implement the International Health Regulations. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - March 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, international health regulations [subject], ihr, international health regulations [sub Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses Human Rights Council on climate change
Members of the Human Rights Council, distinguished speakers and guests, ladies and gentlemen, I thank the Human Rights Council for hosting this panel discussion on climate change and the right to health. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - March 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: climate change [subject], global warming, global environmental change, climate, climate change [subject], global warming, global environmental change, climate, human right [subject], rights, zika, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses UK medicines regulatory authority
Distinguished staff at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for the invitation. It is an honour and a pleasure to deliver the 2016 MHRA annual lecture. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - March 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, medicines [subject], pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug, pharmaceutical preparations, pharmacology, drug therapy, psychotropic drugs, pharmaceutical products, m Source Type: news
WHO Director-General launches the European Medical Corps
When I was a young medical doctor I used to deliver babies. The baby we are delivering today is a very healthy baby. The response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has likely been the most intense logistical operation against an infectious disease since smallpox was pushed down to its last case in the Horn of Africa in 1979. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - February 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedne Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses ministerial conference on antimicrobial resistance
Distinguished Commissioner, honourable ministers of health and agriculture, ladies and gentlemen, I thank the government of the Netherlands, during its EU presidency and in cooperation with the European Commission, for organizing this ministerial conference on antimicrobial resistance. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - February 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: medicines [subject], pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug, pharmaceutical preparations, pharmacology, drug therapy, psychotropic drugs, pharmaceutical products, travel [subject], travel and health, air travel, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safet Source Type: news
Closing remarks at the 138th session of the Executive Board
Madam Chair, distinguished EB members, This has been another record-breaking session, with more than 1,100 registered participants, 55 agenda items, and nearly 700 pages of documents. This was an especially heavy agenda. With hard work, also in two night sessions, you got through this tremendous workload. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - January 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness Source Type: news
Global Policy Group Statement on reforms of WHO work in outbreaks and emergencies
Following the Special Session of the Executive Board on Ebola held in January 2015 and the 68th World Health Assembly in May, we, the Director-General, Deputy Director-General and Regional Directors of WHO, have been leading the transformation of WHO’s work in outbreaks and emergencies. This transformation is guided by the report and recommendations of the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel, the Advisory Group on Reform of WHO’s Work in Outbreaks and Emergencies, and external reports, as well as the discussions in the WHO Executive Board this week. We are fully committed to urgently reform the emergency work of WHO in a...
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - January 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness Source Type: news
WHO Director-General briefs Executive Board on Zika situation
Distinguished members of the Board, representatives of Member States, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to this briefing on the Zika situation. I will give you a brief history of this disease and explain why WHO is so deeply concerned. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - January 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, international health regulations [subject], ihr, research [subject], health research, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine quality, African Region [region], Spe Source Type: news
