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Margaret Chan is a renowned medical expert born in 1947. She has a strong background in public health and served as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Under her leadership, the WHO played a significant role in global public health matters.

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“New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even affects their health. You feel very sad, and yet you must carry on and maintain your cool in very trying and difficult moments. You have to tough it out.”

People Feels Trying Moments Causes Difficult Community Disease Anxiety Bird Tough Worried Flu Very Sad Difficult Moments Sars Bird Flu

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“[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people.”

People Millions Century Disease Ancient Malaria Taming

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“Everyone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease that spreads via the airborne route or can be transmitted during the incubation period, before an infected person shows telltale signs of illness.”

Needs Mean Persons Shows Remember Cases Worst Periods Disease Illness Spread Severe Routes Scenarios Preparedness Ebola Airborne Worst Case Scenario Incubation

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“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.”

Needs Littles Country Disease Resources Capacity International Territory Combat Staff Severe Transmit Outbreaks

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“Doctors and nurses, with their training and their experiences, they would be able to detect unusual patterns of disease. That's why we say it is important for every country to have a proper surveillance system. The function of the surveillance system is to detect unusual patterns of diseases.”

Important Country Would Be Able Disease Training Doctors Function Patterns Unusual Nurse Surveillance Doctors And Nurses

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“A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate impact. By the same token, even the best-stocked delivery system will have an inadequate impact if it fails to reach the poor.”

Ifs Children Young Mother Poor Failing Disease Impact Mortality Killers Commodity Adequate Inadequate Delivery Young Children Tokens Infectious Diseases Health System

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“HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem.”

Country Sometimes Reason Problem Disease Aids Hiv Stigma Hiv Aids Hesitant Aids Day

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“When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen.”

Ideas Happens Disease No Idea Emerging

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“Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for rainfall, humidity and temperature would influence the epidemics, the outbreaks, either directly influencing the parasites or the mosquitoes that carry them.”

Influence Example Disease Climate Including Sensitive Dimensions Temperature Epidemics Parasites Mosquitoes Malaria Outbreaks Rainfall Humidity Meningitis

Author:Margaret Chan

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Born: 1947
Known for: MD
Quotes: 42

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