Obituary

摘要

Some 15 years ago, Sir George Alleyne was asked for his opinion of Hiroshi Nakajima's time as Director-General of WHO. It was 1998, the year Nakajima stepped down after 10 years of leadership that had been plagued by political tension and accusations of poor management. "I said then that history would treat him kindly", says Alleyne, a former Director of the Pan American Health Organization, "and I think that sober reflection will reveal a lot that was good about his regime".