Lee Jong-wook Takes Office as WHO Director-General

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Lee Jong-wook Takes Office as WHO Director-General

Dr Lee Jong-wook takes office Monday as Director-General of the World Health Organization, with a pledge to focus the organization on HIV/AIDS, on achieving results in countries, and on helping to tackle the widespread human resources crisis in the health sector.

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As Director-General, Dr Lee joins an illustrious group of health leaders who have led WHO's work since the organization was established more than 55 years ago. "Our work together in the coming years will be guided by three principles. We must do the right things. We must do them in the right places. And we must do them the right way," he said in his inaugural address to WHO staff.

Since he was elected to the post of Director-General at the World Health Assembly in May, Dr Lee has been working to build a leadership team of highly talented and committed public health professionals. They have come from around the world to devote their expertise to building better global health.

Lee replaced Norwegian Gro Harlem Brundtland as the WHO Director-General. He has worked for WHO for some 20 years in technical, managerial and policy positions, and notably led the fight against two of the greatest challenges to health and development, tuberculosis and vaccine-preventable diseases of children.

Source: Agencies

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