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
priorities womens-health highest
Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities
intellectual resources private-sector
When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved
disease causes cardiovascular
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women
osteoporosis threat physiology
Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology
cancer type
Cancers of all types among women are increasing
activity address best chronic companies defining diet factors food order physical prevent process together work
We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases.
annual billion lives million
With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year.
stopped
We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks.