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With globalization, a single microbial
sea washes all of humankind. There are no health sanctuaries.
The separation between domestic and international health
problems is no longer useful.
At the same time, we are beginning
to realize the devastating effect ill health has on
the economies of developing nations. Therefore, Dr Brundtland
argues, focusing on health is an important way of channelling
the forces of globalization so that they lead to a more
just and equitable global society. 
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March 16th 2001
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There must be very few people
with experience of global issues to rival that of Gro
Harlem Brundtland.
As well as serving for ten
years as Prime Minister of Norway, Dr Brundtland also
chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development,
which in 1987 published its report Our Common Future.
More commonly known as The Brundtland Report,
it established the broad political concept of sustainable
development, and led to the Earth Summit - the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
Dr Brundtland has been Director-General
of the WHO since July 1998.
Biography
World
Health Organization
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