What amazes me most is that the media and I have fostered a close relationship.

The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.

I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.

Health system development is a key to effective detection, response, and control of any outbreak.

The 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.

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

At a time of multiple calamities in the world, we cannot allow the loss of essential antimicrobials, essential cures for many millions of people, to become the next global crisis.