Avoid activities outdoor. If you like to take an afternoon nap sleep under bed net. So these are measures that can be done to minimize [the] chance o….

I am personally overseeing changes that include the establishment of a global health emergency workforce..

After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic..

Some experts say we are moving back to the pre-antibiotic era. No. This will be a post-antibiotic era. In terms of new replacement antibiotics, the p….

What amazes me most is that the media and I have fostered a close relationship..

At a time of multiple calamities in the world, we cannot allow the loss of essential antimicrobials, essential cures for many millions of people, to ….

For the first time in history, we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real-time... Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and ….

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers..

For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when th….

We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welf….

I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way w….

The WHO is the lead agency in health in the United Nations system, and clearly we have very important functions to play..

A severe disease that transmits easily will leave very little international surge capacity as most countries will need their own staff and resources ….

The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career ….

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibi….

Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are….

Geneva is a city where the living conditions and hospitality provided by both the population and authorities of Geneva - at all levels - are exemplar….

I have a reputation for being a straight-talker..

The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset..

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 t….

A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not ha….