Margaret Chan Time Quotations

Time is of the essence. We must act now if we are to have the maximum possible opportunity to contain a pandemic.

That was a time when we were really working together as an international community of academics, politicians, public health experts. Everybody really was so focused,

When is the next time? We don't have a time frame. I suspect it will likely to be November, if history is anything to go by.

While we cannot predict when or if the H5N1 virus might spark a pandemic, we cannot ignore the warning signs, ... For the first time in human history, we have a chance to prepare ourselves for a pandemic before it arrives.

Clearly, countries expressed the wish to have more. But at least we have something to rely upon for the time being.

Buying time will allow us to fast-track pandemic vaccine production. It will allow governments to put in place a host of emergency public health measures that will reduce mortality and morbidity, and social and economic disruption.

For the first time in human history, we have a chance to prepare ourselves for a pandemic before it arrives, ... It is incumbent upon the global community to act now.