Investing In Health Will Produce Enormous Benefits.

Let Me First Say That I Don't Think The Millennium Target Of Cutting Global Poverty In Half Is An Impossible Or Abstract Target. I Think It Is A Real And Achievable Goal.

A Cigarette Is The Only Consumer Product Which When Used As Directed Kills Its Consumer.

The Myth That Men Are The Economic Providers And Women, Mainly, Are Mothers And Care Givers In The Family Has Now Been Thoroughly Refuted. This Family Pattern Has Never Been The Norm, Except In A Narrow Middle-class Segment.

Contaminated Food Is A Major Cause Of Diarrhea, Substantially Contributing To Malnutrition And Killing About 2.2 Million People Each Year, Most Of Them Children.

During My Nearly Five Years As Director-general Of Who, High-level Policymakers Have Increasingly Recognized That Health Is Central To Sustainable Development.