Arata Kochi, a Japanese physician and public health expert, is the director of the World Health Organization's malaria program. He had previously been director of its tuberculosis programs for ten years. Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... Flag of World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ... Malaria (Medieval Italian: mala aria — bad air) and formerly called ague or marsh fever in English, is an infectious disease which causes about 350–500 million infections in humans and approximately 1. ... Tuberculosis (commonly abbreviated as TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

External links

• An Iron Fist Joins the Malaria Wars — by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.; from The New York Times, 27 June 2006.
• ARATA KOCHI PROFILE: Fighting Words From WHO's New Malaria Chief — by John Bohannon; from Science, 3 February 2006.