Famous quote by Gro Harlem Brundtland

Mobile Desktop
Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promot
Like

"Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones"

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

About this Quote

This quote by Gro Harlem Brundtland highlights the importance of prevention in public health. She is suggesting that rather of concentrating on private diseases, the World Health Organization need to promote an integrated technique for the prevention of multiple illness. This technique ought to be based upon the decrease of threat aspects, which is the scientific basis for primary avoidance. By minimizing risk factors, such as smoking, poor diet plan, and lack of physical activity, the frequency of several diseases can be minimized. This integrated method would be more reliable than concentrating on individual illness, as it would address the underlying reasons for several illness. This quote highlights the significance of avoidance in public health and the need for an integrated method to decrease the problem of multiple illness.

About the Author

Gro Harlem Brundtland This quote is written / told by Gro Harlem Brundtland somewhere between April 20, 1939 and today. She was a famous Politician from Norway. The author also have 31 other quotes.

Go to author profile

Similar Quotes

Small: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory - Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it - Seneca
Seneca the Younger
"Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
Small: You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children
Judith Viorst
"You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned"
Judith Viorst, Author
Small: To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth - Richard Baker
"To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth"
Richard Baker, Politician
Small: Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to th
Tony Dungy
"Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems"
Tony Dungy, Coach
Small: The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without des
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished - Og Mandino
Og Mandino
"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished"
Og Mandino, Author
Small: The best activities for your health are pumping and humping - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"The best activities for your health are pumping and humping"
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor
Small: Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul man cannot live in health without them - Mahalia Jackson
"Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them"
Mahalia Jackson, Musician
Small: Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher