Frases de Gro Harlem Brundtland (9 citas)

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Frases célebres de Gro Harlem Brundtland

“El impacto del cambio climático mundial puede presentar un desafío mayor que cualquier otro al que se haya enfrentado la humanidad, con la excepción del de impedir una guerra nuclear.”

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Sin fuentes
año de 1989, conferencia de Toronto; Entonces presidenta de la Comisión Mundial de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo y el Medio Ambiente.

“Siglo de los extremismos, […] en el que los vicios humanos han alcanzado niveles abismales. En su opinión, se trata de "un siglo de grandes progresos [y, en algunos lugares, ] crecimiento económico sin precedentes", si bien las zonas urbanas míseras afrontaron un lúgubre panorama de "hacinamiento y enfermedades generalizadas vinculadas a la pobreza y al ambiente insalubre".”

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Sin fuentes
En relación al siglo XX.

“Cuando iniciamos la campaña de erradicación en 1988, la polio dejaba paralíticos todos los días a más de mil niños, informó la doctora Gro Harlem Brundtland, la entonces directora general de la OMS, quien añadió: “En 2001 hubo mucho menos de mil casos en todo el año.”

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Sin fuentes
En relación a la poliomelitis.

Gro Harlem Brundtland: Frases en inglés

“We have an opportunity to launch a massive effort against infectious diseases.”

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Gro Harlem Brundtland

Awake! magazine 2003, 10/22 http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102003763?q=Brundtland&p=par

“The global toll of mental illness and neurological disorders is staggering.”

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Gro Harlem Brundtland

A WHO report revealed that mental disorders are “among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide. <br class="br"> Awake! magazine 7/22 2002. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102002530?q=Brundtland&p=par

“Nurses, as the key health professionals, are in a unique position to act as powerful advocates for a healthy planet. […] As nurses and midwives already constitute up to 80% of the qualified health workforce in most national health systems, they represent a potentially powerful force for bringing about the necessary changes to meet the needs of Health for All in the 21st century. Indeed, their contribution to health services covers the whole spectrum of health care […] It is clear that nurses are the backbone of most health care teams.”

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Gro Harlem Brundtland

At the International Council of Nurses Centennial Conference in June 1999. Awake! magazine 2000, 11/8 http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102000802?q=Brundtland&p=par

“It's typically Norwegian to be good.”

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Gro Harlem Brundtland

New Years Eve Speech (1 January 1992)

“Tobacco is a communicated disease – communicated through marketing.”

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Sanam Luang, Bangkok, May 2000, cited in "Spotlight on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Article 5.3 Tobacco Industry Interference" https://smokefreepartnership.eu/our-policy-work/spotlight-on-the-fctc/spotlight-3-tobacco-industry-interference (page 2).

“[20th Century has been called] the century of extremes, […] in which human vices reached unfathomable depths. [She notes that it has been] a century of great progress [and in some places of] unprecedented economic growth. [At the same time, however, poor urban areas face a bleak future of] overcrowding and a disease pattern linked to poverty and an unhealthy environment.”

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Awake! magazine 1999, 12/8, article: The Most Profound Changes.