World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan lashed out at family planning and mosquito control “failures” as root causes of the ongoing Zika crisis in an address to the ...

Despite a growing international effort to combat the virus, outside health experts say the United Nations’ World Health Organization ... says WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, or “DG ...

Dr. Margaret Chan, the director general of the World Health Organization, said that nations need to invest in their health systems to combat the spread of the Zika virus. The World Health ...

David Greene talks to World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan about how the epidemic might progress. Here's one measure of how fast the Ebola outbreak is still spreading.

When Dr. Margaret Chan of China was elected director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) this past November, some observers suspected that the Chinese government had backed her ...

NAAZ MODAN FOR THE HOYA Director General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan discussed health issues in relation to governance in the Global Futures Initiative’s second lecture in Gaston ...

PROMISING CHANGE: Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, wants to simplify its governance structure. She is pictured here at the WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva ...

Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, answered questions for The Wall Street Journal about her agency’s role and performance. Some excerpts: Critics have said the WHO ...

Chan represents the world's first line of defense. The well-liked leader of the WHO is known for her interest in women's issues and African health, but her background is in emerging diseases.

Millions of cases of the Zika virus, with its potential to cause deformities in newborns, might come to the Americas over the next year, World Health Organization officials said Thursday.