During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been thoroughly refuted.… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
To change societies you need to organize with others who share your views. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
We are working towards a shared vision of the future for health among all the world's people. A vision future in which we develop… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
