Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland; born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician, who served three terms as Prime Minister of Norwayand as Director-General of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003. She is also known for having chaired the Brundtland Commission which presented the Brundtland Report on sustainable development...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 April 1939
CountryNorway
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This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries.
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Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.
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Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer.
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Never have so many had such broad and advanced access to health care. But never have so many been denied access to health.
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To change societies you need to organize with others who share your views.
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During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.
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You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow.
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That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.
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Health is the core of human development
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You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour.
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I have repeatedly stressed that we have the knowledge to reduce hunger and poverty.
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Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases.