candidacy for WHO director-general

China throws full support behind Margaret Chan's candidacy for WHO director-general

The election for Director-General will take place in November.
Tang said the Chinese government believes Chan's outstanding talent and rich experience fully qualify her for the position.
Chan said her election campaign is going well and vows to do her utmost to make a greater contribution to world health development if she becomes Director-General.
In 1994, Dr. Chan became the first woman to be appointed Director of Health in Hong Kong where she gained experience combating infectious diseases such as the bird flu and SARS.
In 2003, she joined WHO and worked as WHO's Director of the Department of Protection of the Human Environment. In June 2005, she was appointed Director of Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response and Representative of the Director-General for Pandemic Influenza.