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
country long community
More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries
country real healthy
There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And no hope for the spread of freedom, democracy and human dignity unless we treat health as a basic human right.
country opportunity support
The climate challenge illustrates how we have to change. The developing countries need more support and opportunities to develop and use clean energy. Because if the current situation continues, then the world will not be able to handle this burden.
country government views
I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.
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.
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.
annual billion lives million
With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year.
activity address best chronic companies defining diet factors food order physical prevent process together work
We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases.
stopped
We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks.
disease efforts putting rapidly
This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries.
money hunger-and-poverty important
An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.
mother children pregnancy
Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children
people needs roles
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 are met and women are given their rightful role in societies
thinking osteoporosis effort
The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think a good partnership could be established in our common efforts to prevent osteoporosis