"We are working towards a shared vision of……" — Gro Harlem Brundtland
"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 new ways of working together at global and national level. A vision which has poor people and poor communities at its centre. And a vision which focuses action on the causes and consequences of the health conditions that create and perpetuate poverty."
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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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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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