During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.
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In many ways, human health is the great global connector.
Health is the core of human development.
Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.
Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and ever-increasing population, with growing pressure on resources, and with rising global temperatures. The risks and dangers need to be assessed and then confronted.
We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
Health is already a dominant sector in most societies and the one most guaranteed to grow.
We need a leader who puts the health and well-being of the country ahead of 2016 politics.
Science is beginning to catch up with global health problems.
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