Bird flu, SARS, prepared WHO chief for flu battle
April 29th, 2009 | Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) – Experience of fighting bird flu and SARS in her native Hong Kong has steeled World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan for the ultimate challenge of tackling a potential global flu pandemic. When bird flu first jumped to humans in 1997, Chan — then serving as Hong Kong’s health director — issued orders within days to slaughter the entire poultry population of 1.5 million birds.
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