“Children's health depends on the mothers, so if we can scale up the achievement of the MDGs, it would benefit people in Africa. We should also look at how we can empower women to leverage their resources and their creativity and become change agents. We have seen example after example where women who are appropriately motivated and given the right environment can make changes, not only to themselves but also to their families and their communities.”

WHO Interview on taking office as Director-General http://www.who.int/dg/chan/interviews/taking_office/en/, Frontlines, 4 January 2007.

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