Health system development is a key to effective detection, response, and control of any outbreak.
Margaret ChanA health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate impact. By the same token, even the best-stocked delivery system will have an inadequate impact if it fails to reach the poor.
Margaret ChanInfluenza pandemics must be taken seriously precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.
Margaret ChanI want us to be judged by the impact we have on the health of the people of Africa and the health of women. Improvements in the health of the people of Africa and the health of women are key indicators of the performance of WHO. This is a health organization for the whole world... But we must focus our attention on the people in greatest need.
Margaret Chan