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Three recommendations to the new Director-General of the WHO on how to deliver for girls and women

Author: Katja Iversen

Published in: Reproductive Health | Issue 1/2017

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In May, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – Dr. Tedros, as he is commonly referred to – was elected the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) [1].It was a historic moment for two reasons. It was the first-ever formal Director-General election by all government Member States of the WHO and Dr. Tedros will be the first Director-General of the WHO to hail from Africa [2, 3]. …

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Title: Three recommendations to the new Director-General of the WHO on how to deliver for girls and women
Author: Katja Iversen
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Reproductive Health / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1742-4755
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-017-0346-x

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