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First year with COVID-19: Assessment and prospects
Published 2020-11-01“…Halfdan Mahler, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) 1973 to 1988, guided public health approaches towards improving life for all those mired in poverty and disease. …”
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The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome—How Worried Should We Be?
Published 2013-08-01“…Infection with the virus has so far resulted in only 91 cases and 46 deaths (as of 29 July 2013), but it is nonetheless setting off alarm bells among public health officials, including Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, who called MERS-CoV “a threat to the entire world.” …”
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Scientific Certainty in a Time of Uncertainty: Predicting Vulnerability of Canada's First Nations to Pandemic H1N1/09
Published 2010-05-01“…On June 11, 2009, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, announced that the scientific evidence indicated that the criteria for an influenza pandemic had been met: pandemic H1N1/09 virus, the first in nearly 40 years, was officially upon us. …”
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International observatory on mental health systems: structure and operation
Published 2009-04-01“…Lee, in his acceptance speech on his appointment as the Director-General of the World Health Organization) <abbrgrp><abbr bid="B1">1</abbr></abbrgrp>.…”
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El informe de la Comisión sobre Macroeconomía y Salud: su relevancia para los países de América Latina y el Caribe
“…The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was established by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to evaluate the role of health in economic development. …”
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Fight like a Nerdy Girl: the Dear Pandemic playbook for combating health misinformation
Published 2022“…Indeed, the impact of harmful information during the pandemic has been so profound that premier scientific leaders including the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the U.S. Surgeon General have issued urgent calls for the health sector workforce to proactively fight back.3,4 Like many other scientists, our all-woman team of “Nerdy Girls” took seriously this call. …”
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A corpus analysis of cohesion in World Health Organization speeches by the Director General on Covid-19 vaccination
Published 2023-06-01“…What are the thematic structures and cohesive devices used in the speeches delivered by the Director General of the World Health Organization? 2. How are these thematic structures and cohesive devices used to produce cohesion in these speeches? …”
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International society of physical and rehabilitation medicine webinar series - An effective global educational initiative during COVID-19 pandemic
Published 2021-01-01“…A historical moment for ISPRM was when the Honorable Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, sent a special message to ISPRM and its global audience. …”
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Food safety practices in catering during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
Published 2020-10-01“…On January 30, 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. …”
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Preliminary information on prevention of infections caused by SARS-COV-2 virus in endoscopic laboratories
Published 2020-06-01“…Introduction On 11 March 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) as a global pandemic Currently, no vaccines are available and there is little evidence of the efficacy of potential therapeutic agents. …”
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Pandemia de gripe A (H1N1) no Norte de Portugal: caracterÃsticas da onda de Outono/Inverno
Published 2010-11-01“…On 11 June 2009 the Director-General of the World Health Organization declared a pandemic of influenza A (H1N1). …”
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