Margaret Chan
 Margaret Chan    (politician) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Margaret Fung Fu-chun 21 August 1947 Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese, Canadian | |||||||||||||
The WHO Director General who announced 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic
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Dr Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun is a Chinese-Canadian physician. She was Director-General of the World Health Organization. Chan had previously worked as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government (1994–2003), representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases (2003–2006).[1]
Opinions
When asked by the film maker Lilian Franck for the documentary TrustWHO in 2015,[2] whether she considered stepping down from her position as director, Dr Chan confirmed the problem which the World Health Organization has - that private financing will come with strings attached.
“Lilian Franck: Important donor nations they want a weak WHO. One could even compare WHO to Titanic I would say. So isn't it your responsibility, Dr Chan, to step down before the end of your 2nd term, in order to signal to the world that your organisation, your ship, is sinking.
Margaret Chan: You ask an excellent question. If I tell you, WHO as an organisation, only 30 percent of my budget is predictable funds. Other 70 percent I have to take a hat and go around the world, to beg for money. And when they give us the money, they are highly linked to their preferences, what they like. It may not be the priority of WHO. So if we do not solve this, you know (hand gesture), we are not going to be as great as we were.”
Lilian Franck, Margaret Chan (11 October 2015) [3]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2008 | 23 January 2008 | 27 January 2008 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2009 | 23 January 2008 | 27 January 2008 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2015 | 21 January 2015 | 24 January 2015 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by a lot of people, both leaders and followers |
References
- ↑ http://archive.today/2020.02.10-094312/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chan
- ↑ 7th World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, 11 October 2015
- ↑ https://www.amazon.de/TrustWHO-OV-Lilian-Franck/dp/B086CBKF9R TrustWHO (documentary)
