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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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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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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I have repeatedly stressed that we have the knowledge to reduce hunger and poverty.
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Today osteoporosis affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan and causes more than 2.3 million fractures in the USA and Europe alone.
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There is a very close connection between being a doctor and a politician. The doctor tries to prevent illness, then tries to treat it if it comes. It's exactly the same as what you try to do as a politician, but with regard to society.
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With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year.
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Cancers of all types among women are increasing