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New Vision (Kampala) - November 13, 2006
In her acceptance speech, Dr Chan promised, as a priority, to reduce health problems in women and empower them. She said women are vulnerable to health problems from indoor air pollution, infectious diseases, and violence, but can also be agents for change.
She also promised to tackle Africa's enormous and disproportionate burden of ill health and premature death, and infectious diseases such as HIV, Ebola, SARS and avian influenza, among others.
Before being appointed director-general elect, Dr Chan was WHO assistant director-general for Communicable Diseases and representative of the director-general for Pandemic Influenza.
Prior to joining WHO, she was director of Health in Hong Kong.
During her nine-year tenure as director, Dr Chan confronted the first human outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and successfully defeated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003. She also launched new services to prevent disease and promote better health.
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