Health system development is a key to effective detection, response, and control of any outbreak.
Margaret ChanTobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.
Margaret ChanEveryone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease that spreads via the airborne route or can be transmitted during the incubation period, before an infected person shows telltale signs of illness.
Margaret ChanThis change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency.
Margaret Chan