Perhaps it was the most awaited event at the 68th World Health Assembly — World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan’s speech.
WHO’s leadership committed to reform her organization to what “the world needs [and] expects” from the global health body. The decisions were guided by the resolution the executive board adopted in January, and by the interim recommendations made by the expert panel charged to review WHO’s initial response to the Ebola crisis.
“I have heard what the world expects from WHO. I have heard calls for clear lines of command and control, for streamlined administrative procedures that support speedy action, for effective coordination with others, and for stronger community engagement and better communications,” she said in her speech Monday, May 18.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
