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
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.
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.
development human-development humans
Health is the core of human development
years directors development
During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.
generations development needs
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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.
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
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