Speeches 2011

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• Coalition for Health, Ethics and Society Annual Lecture
  6 December 2011
• WHO Director-General addresses international symposium in Uzbekistan
  26 November 2011
• WHO Director-General addresses UN Security Council
  23 November 2011
• Making investments in health work at a time of financial austerity
  21 November 2011
• WHO Director-General discusses reforms in country offices
  7 November 2011
• Dr Margaret Chan introduces proposed reforms for WHO priorities
  1 November 2011
• WHO Director-General addresses need for WHO reform
  1 November 2011
• Launch of innovative research and development consortium for neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis
  26 October 2011
• WHO Director-General addresses first World Conference on Social Determinants of Health
  19 October 2011
• WHO Director-General assesses prospects for malaria control
  17 October 2011
• Maintaining momentum in an era of austerity
  10 October 2011
• WHO Director-General assesses health situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
  2 October 2011
• Greater social equality is imperative for a safer and more secure world
  26 September 2011
• Safeguarding health in an interdependent, lopsided world
  23 September 2011
• Dr Margaret Chan's interventions at sessions of the UN high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases
  20 September 2011
• Noncommunicable diseases damage health, including economic health
  19 September 2011
• WHO Director-General discusses programme for Organization's reform
  13 September 2011
• Despite financial constraints, health must remain at the top of the international agenda
  7 September 2011
• Despite financial constraints, health commands support at the top of the international agenda
  29 August 2011
• WHO Director-General addresses first meeting of BRICS health ministers
  11 July 2011
• Childhood immunization: remarkable gains endangered by funding issues
  23 June 2011
• The increasing importance of global health
  13 June 2011
• First World report on disability launched
  9 June 2011
• Innovation and new technologies needed to accelerate HIV response
  9 June 2011
• Ms Peng Liyuan is appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassador
  3 June 2011
• Historical agreements at the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly
  24 May 2011
• WHO Director-General reminds health officials: never forget the people
  16 May 2011
• The blood, sweat, and tears of malaria
  4 May 2011
• The worldwide rise of chronic noncommunicable diseases: a slow-motion catastrophe
  28 April 2011
• The rise of chronic noncommunicable diseases: an impending disaster
  27 April 2011
• Antimicrobial resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow
  7 April 2011
• Meeting begins on R&D financing and coordination
  5 April 2011
• Director-General responds to assessment of WHO's handling of the influenza pandemic
  28 March 2011
• Aid is still not as effective as it ought to be
  11 March 2011
• Turn off the tap of unsafe medicines
  28 February 2011
• Chronic diseases are no longer just a health problem
  25 February 2011
• Better access to generic medicines
  18 February 2011
• WHO Director-General calls for change
  17 January 2011
• Protecting our best weapon in treating malaria
  12 January 2011