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Published online 30 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030127-6

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TB medic wins global health post

New director-general elected for World Health Organisation.

This article is from the news section of the journal Nature.

Jong Wook Lee, a South Korean physician, is set to succeed Gro Harlem Brundtland as director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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