A severe disease that transmits easily will leave very little international surge capacity as most countries will need their own staff and resources to combat the outbreak in their territories. Margaret Chan More Quotes by Margaret Chan More Quotes From Margaret Chan We are scaling up our action, We must smother this little fire before it gets out of control. Margaret Chan health-news We must maintain our vigilance, Complacency would be our enemy. Margaret Chan health-news Something is wrong, Part of our out-of-balance world still starves to death and other parts stuff (themselves) into a level of obesity so widespread that it is pushing life expectancy figures backward and pushing the cost of healthcare to astronomical figures. Margaret Chan health-news New and emerging infections keep coming back and the world needs a collective defense system, and that requires international cooperation and collaboration, in the name of global solidarity. Margaret Chan name new collaboration world Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5. Margaret Chan expert level assessment information This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace. Margaret Chan health community business change The International Health Partnership Plus is addressing the need to harmonize development assistance and reduce the current waste, duplication, and high transaction costs. Margaret Chan high need health development WHO has a country office in nearly every developing country, usually located close to the Ministry of Health. Staff in these offices need to do much more to help ministries of health strengthen their national health plans and strategies and then negotiate with development partners to support these priorities and follow these plans. Margaret Chan priorities support health country We cannot think of the old days when we were dealing with SARS. It's a totally different ballgame now. Margaret Chan old think old-days different The World Health Organization did a world health report in 2006. In the whole world about 60 countries are in dire situation in terms of having enough doctors. And many of these countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa. You know, that part of the world alone needs one million doctors. Margaret Chan alone you health world
