FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, October 19, 2006
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2006-10-19

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, October 19, 2006
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 146 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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A lot of political maneuvering regarding the election of the next
Director-General of WHO
                      Kristen Silverberg (now at State as Assistant Secretary) asked me
about it at a dinner at Mark Dybul’s house the day before his swearing in (see above).
The 2 candidates that I prefer are either Margaret Chan (Hong Kong) or Julio Frenk
(Minister of Health of Mexico). Shigeru Omi from Japan, Bernard Kouchner from
France (MSF), and Pascoal Mocumbi (Mozambique) are also among the contenders.
Christopher Murray from Harvard called me today to push for Julio Frenk since he feels
that he is the one who understands best the connection between science and public health.
He knows that the White House has been and will contact me for my opinion and so that
is why he called.