A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer.

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

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

It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to have a long-term perspective. You must be able to carry changes which take many years. And this is why you can really only see whether it has been a good leadership after some years have passed.

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.

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.

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