"The right to health is crucial to achieving the Millennium Development Goals" - Dr Gro Brundtland talking about the link between human rights and the MDGs for the Every Human Has Rights campaign (http://www.everyhumanhasrights.org).
Biog: Few people have had an impact on society as global as Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, a medical doctor and Master of Public Health (MPH). She spent 10 years as a physician and scientist in the Norwegian public health system and served 20 years in public office, including 10 years as Prime Minister of Norway. In 1998 she became Director-General of the World Health Organisation (http://www.who.int/en/) for 5 years.
Full biography: http://www.theelders.org/elders/gro-b...
Photo credits:
Photo 1 -- Pierre Holtz for UNICEF, hdptcar.net
Photo 2 -- Amnesty International
Photo 3 -- Living Water International, www.water.cc
Photo 4 -- Marco Castro, www.un.orgavphoto
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