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In his new role, Tedros must be ready to fight a range of public-health problems. EPIDEMICS The Ebola virus continues to surface in Central and West Africa, with a handful of deaths and suspected cases recently reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health experts are also concerned about the H7N9 virus, a flu strain with pandemic potential. SUPERBUGS The WHO made a commitment in 2016 to tackle superbugs–bacterial infections that no longer respond to the antibiotics used to treat them. It’s estimated that the number of people who die from antibiotic-resistant infections could reach 10 million a year by 2050. CHRONIC DISEASE Rates of diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease are on the rise worldwide, and according to the WHO, chronic disease kills 40 million people each year–or about 70% of all deaths globally. 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