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Nature 444, 250 (16 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444250a; Published online 15 November 2006

WHO boss faces test of independence

Declan Butler

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China's candidate secures top job at health agency.

China has covered up outbreaks of SARS and avian influenza, and baulked at sharing samples and data with the international community. But last week, China's candidate for director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, won a landslide victory in the election to replace South Korea's Lee Jong-wook, who died in May.