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Luís Gomes Sambo Quotes

born 1950 Angola

Luís Gomes Sambo (born c. 1950) is an Angolan medical doctor and politician who served as vice minister of health. He previously worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) in various positions before rising to the position of regional director in 2005.His term as director ended on 31 January 2015.

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Random Luís Gomes Sambo quote

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But we must be realistic in relation to realities.

At the time there was a critical shortage of doctors in the country and so we had to cope with the huge demand for medical care.

WHO is not a political organisation.

There will be no radical shakeup.

You don't fix what works well.

It is a technical organisation and we operate on the basis of the health and technical needs of member states and we do things according to our organisation's interests and mandate.

improve and change things where there is a need to do so.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Luís Gomes Sambo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.