Sania Nishtar is the health leader that the world needs

Dr Sania Nishtar is the ideal person to lead WHO and we urge the world's 194 health ministers to elect her as the next Director-General (DG) in the coming World Health Assembly. Every health minister at the World Health Assembly will be aware of the wide and deep challenges facing WHO and globa...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 389; no. 10084; pp. e7 - e8
Main Authors:	Alleyne, George, Cooper, Cary, Puska, Pekka, Beaglehole, Robert, Bonita, Ruth, Kalache, Alexandre, Jama, Mohamed Abdi, Minhas, Fareed, Shera, Samad
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 27-05-2017 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Accountability Accounting Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescents AIDS Assembly Candidates Children Civil society Costs Developing countries Emotions Epidemics Financing Funding Health promotion Heart HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Income Innovations Integrity Internal Medicine International organizations LDCs Leadership Lenses Malaria Nishtar, Sania Obesity Pandemics Psychotherapy Public health Skills Sustainable development Tuberculosis Viral diseases World Health Organization Switzerland Pakistan South Asia
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Summary:	Dr Sania Nishtar is the ideal person to lead WHO and we urge the world's 194 health ministers to elect her as the next Director-General (DG) in the coming World Health Assembly. Every health minister at the World Health Assembly will be aware of the wide and deep challenges facing WHO and global public health, and will be cognisant of the need to find the best leader.
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ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31356-9