Bird flu battler Chan to head WHO
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_he_me/un_who_leadership"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061108/capt.7beed89b6baa49bf93048422bbf73021.switzerland_who_candidate_gnv108.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=32QqeB3YyZj2JDnGNn2kaQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="China's Margaret Chan smiles after her nomination as new World Health 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 - Bird flu and SARS battler Margaret Chan was elected Thursday to head the World Health Organization, the highest U.N. post ever won by a Chinese national, and she immediately pledged to give highest priority to the health of women and Africans.</p><br clear="all"/>