Author: Gro Harlem Brundtland

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During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

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.

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.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

Health is the core of human development.

Health is the core of human development.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men.

Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

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