Background
Chan, Margaret F.C. was born in 1947 in Hong Kong.
Director General of World Health Organization
Chan, Margaret F.C. was born in 1947 in Hong Kong.
Student, Northcote College Education, Hong Kong, 1966—1969. Bachelor, University Western Ontario, Canada, 1973. Doctor of Medicine, University Western Ontario, Canada, 1977.
Master of Science in Public Health, National University Singapore, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Western Ontario, Canada, 1999.
Rotating intern Victoria Hospital, London, Canada, 1977—1978. Medical officer maternal & child health services Hong Kong Department Health, 1978—1985, senior medical officer family health services, 1985—1987, principal medical officer health administration, 1987—1989, assistant director personal health services, 1989—1992, deputy director, 1992—1994, director, 1994—2003. Director Department Protection of Human Environment World Health Organization, 2003—2005, director Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response, 2005, representative of director-general for pandemic influenza, 2005—2006, assistant director-general communicable diseases, 2005—2006, director-general-elect, 2006—2007, director-general, since 2007.
Fellow: Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Colleges of Physicians United Kingdom.
Married David Chan; 1 child.