Bird flu expert wins WHO nomination
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061108/ap_on_he_me/who_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061108/capt.8cd8a3326b244feb91855616042e8138.switzerland_who_candidate_gnv102.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=usrcuJk4ZcB2Oal1gVRHew--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="China's Margaret Chan speaks after her nomination as new World Hhealt Organization WHO Director General by the WHO Executive Board at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. Bird flu expert Dr. Margaret Chan won the nomination Wednesday to become the world's top health official, a position that would make her the first Chinese national to hold a top U.N. post, delegates said. The executive board of the World Health Organization chose Chan to be WHO's next director-general over four other candidates in a tight race to fill the post vacated by the death last May of Dr. Lee Jong-wook. Chan's nomination must be approved by a two-thirds majority on Thursday at a special session of the agency's governing World Health Assembly. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dr. Margaret Chan, who spearheaded the World Health Organization's fight against bird flu, was chosen Wednesday to head the agency and lead the international assault on polio, AIDS and other global scourges, becoming the first Chinese to win such a high-profile United Nations post.</p><br clear="all"/>