Tag: Margaret Chan WHO

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 05:52 UTC

  World No Tobacco Day 2017: for health, prosperity, the environment and national development

  

  Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 05:30 UTC

  UK candidate for WHO Director General, David Nabarro, visits Uruguay

  

  Dr David Nabarro, one of the three candidates for Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), visited Uruguay 23-24 March. During his stay he met with Health Minister Jorge Basso and Vice Minister Cristina Lustemberg, and with Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa, to explain his objectives and his vision for a better WHO, and to hear about Uruguay’s health situation, objectives and challenges.