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Margaret Chan

Type: Person

Name: Margaret Chan

Title: Assistant Director-General - Communicable Diseases

Organization: World Health Organization

Date of Birth: 1947

Nationality: China

Fact Sheet: Biography for Margaret Chan

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

World Health Organization

WHO urges sharing over coronavirus

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries with possible cases of novel coronavirus to share information.The move comes after Saudi Arabia said the development of diagnostic tests had been delayed by patent rights on the NCoV virus by commercial ... [Published BBC - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Coronavirus, World Health Organization, Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis: Saudi

(MENAFN - AFP) Saudi Arabia lamented Thursday that foreign drug companies had patented the new SARS-like virus that has killed 22 people worldwide in less ... [Published MENAFN - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Virus, Patent, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Coronavirus

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Peng among world's powerful women

China's first lady Peng Liyuan has made it onto Forbes' list of the world's 100 most powerful women. The magazine complimented Peng for the impact she had in changing the image of China. Her Made-in-China fashion statement caught the attention of the ... [Published Shanghai Daily - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Powerful, World Health Organization, Cher Wang, Zhang Xin, SOHO China Ltd

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

China's First Lady among Forbes' most powerful women

FORBES just released its 2013 list of the world's 100 most powerful women. German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list again and China's First Lady Peng Liyuan was among the ten Chinese on the list. Peng, who is also a UN ambassador for health and ... [Published Shanghai Daily - 18 hours ago]

Entities: First Lady, Powerful, China, World Health Organization, Cher Wang

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Israel Defense Forces

Why do they not Boycott Israel?

As promised last week, this article contains just a few of the recent cases of Arabs and Muslims who have benefited by receiving vital medical services from Israel. These examples totally destroy the lies of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) ... [Published Jerusalem Post - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Israel, Boycott, Israel Defense Forces, Dialysis, Tel Aviv

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Peng Liyuan among Forbes list of 'powerful women'

Peng Liyuan, China's first lady, has made it onto Forbes' list of the world's most powerful women, jumping from nil to No. 54."Peng Liyuan is the stylish wife of new leader Xi Jinping. She toured with her husband during Xi's first presidential trip abroad ... [Published China.org.cn - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Peng Liyuan, Powerful, Yang Lan, Cher Wang, World Health Organization

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Bloomberg

CDC Urges Smokers to “Talk With Your Doctor” About Quitting

Academy Awards, addiction, adults, advertising, Africa, airports, Altria, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights, Argentina, Australia, babies, Bangladesh, baseball, Bidis, Big ... [Published Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - May 23 2013]

Entities: Tobacco, Smoking, Michael Bloomberg

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Woman of the world looks familiar

The German chancellor, No 1 for a third consecutive year, has been the most powerful woman for eight out of the 10 years the list has been compiled.Hong Kong's very own Margaret Chan Fu-chun came in a distant 33rd by dint of her position as head of the ... [Published Hong Kong Standard - May 23 2013]

Entities: Peng Liyuan, Margaret Chan, Melinda Gates

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

WHO Approves Budget for Global Health Programs

22 de mayo de 2013, 13:31Geneva, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A budget of almost $4 billion USD was approved today here by the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), to develop health programs for the 2014-2015 period.Delegates at today's 66th ... [Published Prensa Latina - May 22 2013]

Entities: World Health Organization, Global Health Ltd, Margaret Chan, World Health Assembly

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

China gains international recognition for immediate, effective responses to H7N9

China has gained international recognition for its immediate and effective responses to the human infections with H7N9 virus, a side event on Influenza A (H7N9) showed Tuesday. The Chinese delegation to the 66th World Health Assembly and World Health ... [Published Individual.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: H7N9, World Health Organization, China, Virus

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

China gains int'l recognition for effective response to H7N9

Chinese Health Mininster Li Bin (R) talks with Margaret Chan, Director-General of World Health Organization, during a side event on Influenza A (H7N9) of the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, May 21, 2013. China has gained international ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 22 2013]

Entities: H7N9, China, Influenza, Li Bin

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 9 reports

WHO chief urges to put health high on ...

magnitude quake hits Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Geneva (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday called for efforts from member states to ensure that health occupies a high place on ... [Published Antara News - May 21 2013]

Entities: World Health Organization, Geneva, Margaret Chan, World Health Assembly

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World Health Assembly: Groups Seek To Return Fo... [Published Intellectual Property Watch - 2 hours ago]
WHO urges sharing over coronavirus [Published BBC - 4 hours ago]
Coronavirus Found in Saudi Was Patented by Dutc... [Published Washington Post - 6 hours ago]
Coronavirus patent complicating diagnosis, WHO ... [Published Arab News - 8 hours ago]
Bohatyriova: state health policy conducted in l... [Published Interfax-Ukraine - 8 hours ago]
SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis: ... [Published MENAFN - 8 hours ago]
Peng among world's powerful women [Published Shanghai Daily - 8 hours ago]
WHO warns countries not to hoard secrets of cor... [Published 1440 WNFL - 8 hours ago]
SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis [Published GlobalPost - 9 hours ago]
Forbes 2013 100 Most Powerful Women full list: ... [Published Zap2it.com - 11 hours ago]
Gandhi ninth Nooyi 10th in Forbes' world's 100 ... [Published KeralaNext.com - 14 hours ago]
China's First Lady among Forbes' most powerful ... [Published Shanghai Daily - 18 hours ago]
Why do they not Boycott Israel? [Published Jerusalem Post - 18 hours ago]
Peng Liyuan among Forbes list of 'powerful women' [Published China.org.cn - 18 hours ago]
Who are the world's most powerful women? [Published Hawaii News Now - 19 hours ago]
Forbes announces most powerful women list [Published People.com.cn - 21 hours ago]
CDC Urges Smokers to “Talk With Your Doctor” Ab... [Published Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - May 23 2013]
Woman of the world looks familiar [Published Hong Kong Standard - May 23 2013]
WHO Approves Budget for Global Health Programs [Published Prensa Latina - May 22 2013]
Singapore against tide of universal healthcare [Published Singapore Democrats - May 22 2013]
China gains int'l recognition for effective res... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 22 2013]
The World's Most Powerful Women 2013 [Published Forbes.com - May 22 2013]
China gains international recognition for immed... [Published Individual.com - May 22 2013]
World not ready if flu outbreak strikes [Published GlobalPost - May 21 2013]
Bahrain sets emergency plans to deal with coron... [Published CHINAdaily - May 21 2013]
WHO chief urges to put health high on ... [Published Antara News - May 21 2013]
Priority for public health services [Published Afrique En Ligne - May 21 2013]
No new bird flu cases in China for a week (AFP) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 21 2013]
No new bird flu cases in China for a week (AFP) [Published West Australian - May 21 2013]
WHO chief urges to put health high on agenda in... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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CIDRAP: Global health groups weigh in on H7N9 t... [Published H5N1 - May 21 2013] Via CIDRAP, Lisa Schnirring writes: Global health groups weigh in on H7N9 threat. Excerpt:China's H7N9 influenza outbreak was one of the high-profile disease topics in the opening address today for the annual World Health Assembly (WHA), as two global ...
Yang: In Geneva, a sit-down chat with WHO's cor... [Published H5N1 - May 21 2013] A lot of people have already noticed Dr. Margaret Chan's discreet slap at the Saudis in her speech at the WHA today: She praised the Chinese transparency about H7N9, but glided past the Saudis without even waving. Now Jennifer Yang, global health reporter ...
Global Health Agencies Need ‘Significant Fundin... [Published Think Progress - Mar 18 2013] Prominent global health groups — the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria — are warning that they need “ significant funding ” to combat the deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) that are ...
Hong Kong: Case of fever with travel history to... [Published H5N1 - Mar 11 2013] Via the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection: Case of fever with travel history to KSA tested negative for novel coronavirus. But the real story is in the last paragraph of the excerpt:A spokesman for the Department of Health (DH) today (March 10) provided ...
Branswell talks with Margaret Chan [Published H5N1 - Mar 05 2013] Via the Ottawa Citizen, Helen Branswell of The Canadian Press interviews Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization: Countries must stop stigmatizing countries that report new diseases: WHO's Chan. Click through to read the whole article. Excerpt ...

Press Releases

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Los socios globales hacen progresos hacia el tr... [Published PR Newswire - Jan 17 2013]
Aliados globales avanzan en la lucha contra las... [Published PR Newswire - Jan 16 2013]