Speeches 2008

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• Sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits
  8 December 2008
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a powerful tool
  17 November 2008
• Health research needed now more than ever
  17 November 2008
• Address at the WHO Congress on Traditional Medicine
  7 November 2008
• Globalization and health
  24 October 2008
• Global health diplomacy: negotiating health in the 21st century
  21 October 2008
• Address at the International Conference Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata
  15 October 2008
• Primary health care - now more than ever
  14 October 2008
• Address to the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (55th session)
  11 October 2008
• Address at the launch of the WHO mental health gap action programme
  9 October 2008
• Address to the Regional Committee for the Americas (60th session)
  29 September 2008
• Address to the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region (59th session)
  22 September 2008
• Statement made at the launch of the World malaria report 2008
  18 September 2008
• Address to the Regional Committee for Europe (58th session)
  16 September 2008
• Address to the Regional Committee for South-East Asia (61st session)
  9 September 2008
• Address to the Regional Committee for Africa (58th session)
  1 September 2008
• Launch of the final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health
  28 August 2008
• Opening statement at the UICC World Cancer Congress
  27 August 2008
• HIV/AIDS: Universal action now
  3 August 2008
• The response of the international community to the feminization of the epidemic
  2 August 2008
• Health systems, health and wealth
  26 June 2008
• The global nutrition challenge: getting a healthy start
  18 June 2008
• Finishing the job of polio eradication
  17 June 2008
• Foreign policy and global health
  13 June 2008
• AIDS: using results to speed up progress towards universal access
  10 June 2008
• Statement at HIV/TB Global Leaders Forum
  9 June 2008
• Statement at the High-level Conference on World Food Security
  3 June 2008
• Towards universal access: scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector
  2 June 2008
• Scaling up research and learning for better health
  2 June 2008
• Ensuring human security
  29 May 2008
• Closing remarks to the 61st World Health Assembly
  24 May 2008
• Address to the 61st World Health Assembly
  19 May 2008
• Global Health and Care Forum 2008: primary health care starts with people
  14 May 2008
• Opening remarks at the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property
  28 April 2008
• Address to commemorate World Water Day
  20 March 2008
• Statement at the launch of the Global Tuberculosis Control 2008 report
  17 March 2008
• Statement made at the launch of the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008
  7 February 2008
• Report to the Executive Board, 122nd session
  21 January 2008