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U.N.-Health-y Choices?

October 14, 2026 by Rick Lesaar

Ten years ago, I wrote an article titled The Next UN Secretary General will have Little/No Background in Health, looking at the resumes of the dozen leading candidates to fill that office. Today, the UN is in the midst of selecting a new Secretary-General to succeed António Guterres on January 1st, 2027, less than three months from now, and the situation, unfortunately, is exactly the same. Whoever succeeds Mr. Guterres will have no meaningful experience in global health.

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UPDATES number one

November 17, 2016 by Rick Lesaar

Updates to earlier posts on the UN Secretary General, CVS and Taget’s ClearRX system, Apple’s ResearchKit, and a look at who’s engaging and who’s engaged on social media.

 

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