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
practice development framework
The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food.
country government views
I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.
real cutting thinking
Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.
cancer type
Cancers of all types among women are increasing
leadership years perspective
It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to have a long-term perspective. You must be able to carry changes which take many years. And this is why you can really only see whether it has been a good leadership after some years have passed.
children years people
Contaminated food is a major cause of diarrhea, substantially contributing to malnutrition and killing about 2.2 million people each year, most of them children.
moments historic threat
This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.
development human-development humans
Health is the core of human development
mother men class
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been thoroughly refuted. This family pattern has never been the norm, except in a narrow middle-class segment.
country years vaccines
I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases in the poorest countries.
health hunger-and-poverty ecosystems
You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow.
country future vision
A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.
fighting reality hiv
That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.
views needs share
To change societies you need to organize with others who share your views.