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Event Date: October 30, 2006

Forum for the Candidates for Director General of WHO:

Topic Focus of WHO Forum: The Principal MDGs for Health. 

In collaboration with the World Bank Global Development Learning Network, Interactive Health Network, Health and Disability Services, Institute for Sustainable Health Education and Development, International Hospital Federation, and WorldSpace.

 

Topics: The Health MDGs
a. Child Mortality 

b. Maternal Health 

c. HIV/AIDS, Malaria and ORD 

d. Building successful partnerships for health systems and essential drugs

 

WHO Director General Candidate Forum Participants:

Invited and Confirmed:

  • Dr Kazem Behbehani (proposed by Kuwait) 
  • Mr David A. Gunnarsson (proposed by Iceland) 
  • Dr Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi (proposed by Mozambique)
  • Dr Shigeru Omi (proposed by Japan) 
  • Professor Pekka Puska (proposed by Finland) 
  • Dr Julio Frenk (proposed by Mexico)

Invited but not confirmed: 

  • Dr Margaret Chan (proposed by China) 
  • Dr Nay Htun (proposed by Myanmar) 
  • Dr Karam Karam (proposed by Syrian Arab Republic)
  • Dr Bernard Kouchner (proposed by France) 
  • Ms Elena Salgado Méndez (proposed by Spain)
  • Professor Dr Tomris Türmen (proposed by Turkey)
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