Never have so many had such broad and advanced access to health care. But never have so many been denied access to health.

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

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

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.

Cancers of all types among women are increasing

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.

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour.