Health Is The Core Of

More Than Ever Before, There Is A Global Understanding That Long-term Social, Economic, And Environmental Development Would Be Impossible Without Healthy Families, Communities, And Countries

The Diagnosis Is Clear, The Science In Unequivocal-it's Completely Immoral, Even, To Question Now, On The Basis Of What We Know, The Reports That Are Out, To Question The Issue And To Question Whether We Need To Move Forward At A Much Stronger Pace As Humankind To Address The Issues.

That The Aids Pandemic Is Threatening Sustainable Development In Africa Only Reinforces The Reality That Health Is At The Center Of Sustainable Development.

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.

In The Face Of An Absolutely Unprecedented Emergency, Society Has No Choice But To Take Dramatic Action To Avert A Collapse Of Civilization. Either We Will Change Our Ways And Build An Entirely New Kind Of Global Society, Or They Will Be Changed For Us.