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
health issues environmental
You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.
osteoporosis alcohol smoking
Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases.
teamwork visions-of-the-future people
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.
knowledge hunger-and-poverty hunger-poverty
I have repeatedly stressed that we have the knowledge to reduce hunger and poverty.
educational media osteoporosis
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour.
osteoporosis needs prevention
In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control of osteoporosis, focusing on three major functions: prevention, management and surveillance.
years sea investment
With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year.
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
organization risk development
Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones.
sick together needs
This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.
fall disease poor
The burden of disease falls on the poor.
mean rights government
If globalization is to realise its potential as a force for good, we have to look more closely at the means by which we handle our growing interdependence. We do not have a world government, but we do have an increasingly complex network of institutions that are concerned with global governance. They are central to our future and international human rights law