Top 33 Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland

Cancers of all types among women are increasing.

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

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

Health is the core of human development.

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children.

Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

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.

We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks.