[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people.

A 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.

I am personally overseeing changes that include the establishment of a global health emergency workforce.

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services.

The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation.

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

Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are more costly, more toxic, need much longer durations of treatment, and may require treatment in intensive care units.