WHO Director-General Visits Cuba
Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization(WHO) starts on Saturday in Cuba a four-days visit.
She will visit important sanitarian and scientific institutions in the Island.
The program includes an acknowledgment ceremony for the years of service to the organization. It includes also an introduction to the health system in Cuba and the medical cooperation.
She will visit the scientific institutions in the west of Havana, among them the Center of Engineering and Biotechnology, the Center of Molecular Immunology and the Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kouri.
Doctor Chan, born in China, will visit also the "Ramon Pando Ferrer" Cuban Ophthalmology Institute, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), Rampa General Hospital and the Handicapped Center.
Margaret Chan obtained a degree in Medicine. She was appointed to the post of Director-General on 9 November 2006. At that time she was Deputy Director for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response as well as Representative of the Director-General for Pandemic Influenza.
She effectively managed outbreaks of avian influenza and of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)in Hong Kong. Her term will run through June 2012.
She will visit important sanitarian and scientific institutions in the Island.
The program includes an acknowledgment ceremony for the years of service to the organization. It includes also an introduction to the health system in Cuba and the medical cooperation.
She will visit the scientific institutions in the west of Havana, among them the Center of Engineering and Biotechnology, the Center of Molecular Immunology and the Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kouri.
Doctor Chan, born in China, will visit also the "Ramon Pando Ferrer" Cuban Ophthalmology Institute, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), Rampa General Hospital and the Handicapped Center.
Margaret Chan obtained a degree in Medicine. She was appointed to the post of Director-General on 9 November 2006. At that time she was Deputy Director for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response as well as Representative of the Director-General for Pandemic Influenza.
She effectively managed outbreaks of avian influenza and of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)in Hong Kong. Her term will run through June 2012.
Source:
Prensa Latina
Date:
24/10/2009