I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases in the poorest countries.

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During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that...

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that...

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health...

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health...

Cancers of all types among women are increasing.

Cancers of all types among women are increasing.

We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food...

We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food...

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together...

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together...

With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives...

With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives...

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global...

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global...

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World...

Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World...

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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action,...

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Contaminated food is a major cause of diarrhea, substantially contributing to malnutrition and killing about...

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Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population...

Today osteoporosis affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan...

Today osteoporosis affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan...

The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy...

The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy...

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition...

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition...

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries...

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries...

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that...

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that...

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle...

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle...