This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries. Gro Harlem Brundtland More Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland More Quotes From Gro Harlem Brundtland Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Gro Harlem Brundtland future generations needs Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. Gro Harlem Brundtland investing benefits fitness In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of civilization. Either we will change our ways and build an entirely new kind of global society, or they will be changed for us. Gro Harlem Brundtland choices civilization way 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 Gro Harlem Brundtland family long country Women power is a formidable force. Gro Harlem Brundtland women-power force memorable A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer. Gro Harlem Brundtland cigarette-smoke used smoking 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. Gro Harlem Brundtland health real country 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 osteoporosis males men 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. Gro Harlem Brundtland future teamwork people You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. Gro Harlem Brundtland hunger-and-poverty ecosystems health Never have so many had such broad and advanced access to health care. But never have so many been denied access to health. Gro Harlem Brundtland broads care health 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 Gro Harlem Brundtland world-government rights mean 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. Gro Harlem Brundtland support opportunity country 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. Gro Harlem Brundtland mother class men Health is the core of human development Gro Harlem Brundtland human-development development humans Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children Gro Harlem Brundtland mothers-day inspiring children This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on. Gro Harlem Brundtland threat historic moments 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 pandemics fighting reality Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa is something I have to do. That's the way it breaks down in my life. Gro Harlem Brundtland breaking-down way needs 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 future vision country
