WHO Director-General speeches http://www.who.int/feeds/entity/dg/speeches/en/rss.xml Latest speeches by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:50:31 GMT internet@who.int internet@who.int © World Health Organization (WHO), 2012. All rights reserved. http://www.who.int/about/copyright/en/ http://www.who.int/about/licensing/rss/en/ 60 WHO Webit (Bricolage 1.11.2) http://backend.userland.com/rss WHO Director-General addresses unprecedented meeting on neglected tropical diseases 30 January 2012 -- While most neglected tropical diseases have existed for centuries, Dr Margaret Chan gave multiple reasons for optimism that nearly all of these diseases can be eliminated or controlled by the end of this decade. During the event, she launched a WHO roadmap for accelerating the work of multiple partners to reach these ambitious, yet feasible targets. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:13:00 GMT http://www.who.int/entity/dg/speeches/2012/ntd_20120130/en/index.html Coalition for Health, Ethics and Society Annual Lecture 06 December 2011 -- In a season of broken promises, a winter of discontent, can the values and principles of public health change the way the world works? While she has no such illusions, Dr Chan retains her optimism. In recent years, WHO has been managing internationally shared health threats through new instruments for good global governance. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:13:00 GMT http://www.who.int/entity/dg/speeches/2011/ches_20111205/en/index.html Dr Margaret Chan introduces proposed reforms for WHO priorities 1 November 2011 -- Priority setting should be the force that drives all reforms. Reforms follow priority functions. Money follows agreed priorities. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:42:00 GMT http://www.who.int/entity/dg/speeches/2011/reform_priorities_01_11/en/index.html WHO Director-General addresses need for WHO reform 1 November 2011 -- At the start of a special session of WHO's Executive Board, Dr Margaret Chan made the case for a number of significant reforms aimed at improving the Organization's efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency. As she noted, reforms start from a position of multiple strengths: extensive experience, expertise, authority, good results, and staying power. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://www.who.int/entity/dg/speeches/2011/who_reform_01_11/en/index.html Maintaining momentum in an era of austerity 10 October 2011 -- In 2011, efforts to improve health move forward against a backdrop of concentrated turmoil, like a deepening economic downturn, natural disasters, civil strife, and new tactics from Big Tobacco. As WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan notes, "It is horrific to think that an industry known for its dirty tricks and dirty laundry could be allowed to trump what is clearly in the public’s best interest." Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT http://www.who.int/entity/dg/speeches/2011/wpro_10_10/en/index.html