"In
health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties."
-- Henri-Frederic
Amiel
"World Health
Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action.
It is an occasion to call on all partners -- governments, international donors,
civil society, the private sector, the media, families and individuals alike --
to develop sustainable activities for the survival, health and well-being of mothers
and children. On this World Health Day, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission."
~ Kofi Annan |
|
"Children
are our future, and their mothers are its guardians. And yet, this year alone,
more than half a million women will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Almost 11
million children will die before they reach the age of five -- 4 million of them
in the first month of life. Almost all these deaths will happen in developing
countries. A large number of them could be prevented.
When adopting the Millennium Development Goals five years ago, the world's governments
promised, by the year 2015, to reduce maternal deaths by three quarters and cut
child mortality by two thirds. While there has been progress in some regions,
there has been stagnation in others. In some countries, progress has even been
reversed.
World
Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate
action. It is an occasion to call on all partners -- governments, international
donors, civil society, the private sector, the media, families and individuals
alike -- to develop sustainable activities for the survival, health and well-being
of mothers and children. On this World Health Day, let us rededicate ourselves
to that mission."
~ Kofi
Annan
He who
has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.
~Arabic Proverb
"There
is simply no good reason why in the 21st century, thousands of women and children
in developing countries should be dying during childbirth and the early years
of life.
~ Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation,
CIDA
| "Demand
that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die
like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more
disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs,
which the U.S. will have to pay to fix." ~ Bill
Clinton |  |
The
power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense,
and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout
history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element
in healing.
~ Larry Dossey
Quotes
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