"In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency,……" — Gro Harlem Brundtland
"In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of civilization. Either we will change our ways and build an entirely new kind of global society, or they will be changed for us."
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
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49 Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland
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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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An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.
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Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.
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A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in…
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Contaminated food is a major cause of diarrhea, substantially contributing to malnutrition and killing about 2.2 million people each year,…
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This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head…
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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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In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control…
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
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A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer.
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The climate challenge illustrates how we have to change. The developing countries need more support and opportunities to develop and…
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The diagnosis is clear, the science in unequivocal-it's completely immoral, even, to question now, on the basis of what we…
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