摘要：As the process to elect a new Director General (DG) for the World Health Organization(WHO) heads to its conclusion during the first half of 2017, much has been written about what challenges the new DG will face and what issues he/she should prioritize in the future work of the Organization. Extensive interviews with the candidates, including the three final nominees, have provided points for discussion and comparison. In the face of much criticism of how WHO responded to the Ebola crisis, calls for reform for WHO continue to be made. Various groups of global health scholars and practitioners appealed, for example, for the incoming DG to give priority to address patient-centred R&D agreements, develop a global treaty on the human right to health, be better prepared for epidemics or give priority to mental health challenges.
