Margaret Chan
Margaret Chan is Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Each year, more than 1.25 million people – many of them young people – die in automobile accidents. And whether or not a car is exceeding posted speed limits often is the difference between life and d… read more
It is already clear that achieving sustainable development in poor countries is not possible without sustainable energy. Indeed, access to energy spurs development on many levels – not least in terms … read more
Of the 7.6 million cancer deaths every year, 4.8 million occur in the developing world. A disease formerly considered more pervasive in affluent countries now places its heaviest burden on poor and di… read more
The World Health Organization has now officially declared the H1N1 flu virus to be a global pandemic, and governments, international organizations, and people around the world are rightly focused on f… read more
