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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Interesting and encouraging words from the new WHO
DG, Dr </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Margaret</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
Chan, in her address to the WHO Executive Board:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“…The World Health Report for next year
will be the second part. It will be issued in a significant<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>year</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:
the 60th anniversary of WHO and the 30th anniversary of </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Alma-Ata</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.
I have decided to focus the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>World Health Report 2008 on primary health care and
its role in strengthening health systems. The<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>report</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
will address a second, more personal dimension of health security: community
access to the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>fundamental</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
prerequisites for health, including enough food, safe water, adequate housing
and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>sanitation</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
and essential health care. Meeting these prerequisites is a critical public
health function that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>should</span></font></span><font
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be performed in every country as a matter of good governance…”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB120/b120_2-en.pdf">http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB120/b120_2-en.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Presumably some opportunities for
PHM.</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kumanan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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