There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And no hope for the spread of freedom, democracy and human dignity unless we treat health as a basic human right.

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

To change societies you need to organize with others who share your views.

Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

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.

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.