The WHO is the lead agency in health in the United Nations system, and clearly we have very important functions to play.
Margaret ChanInfluenza pandemics must be taken seriously precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.
Margaret ChanI am personally overseeing changes that include the establishment of a global health emergency workforce.
Margaret ChanThe 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