Quotes About Development

The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.

The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.

A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children's own education.

The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.

Transform yourself. It is not the opponent that will change, or the Frisbee. They will change in relation to your change. You must change.

Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education.

If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.

You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow.

Health is the core of human development

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

GDP does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play

There are 1.3 billion people today who have no access to electricity. Many of them rely on kerosene lanterns for light, but kerosene is both expensive and hazardous to the health.

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.

My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness

HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.

The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.

We are led to think of diseases as isolated disturbances in a healthy body, not as the phases of certain periods of bodily development.

When your spirit is free and your body is well developed, magic occurs. You are able to let go and become the play.

The impact of improving health is that the population growth goes down, and so you can educate more kids, feed more kids.

Asking the public health community to investigate the role of vaccines in the development of autism is like asking the tobacco industry to investigate the link between lung cancer and smoking.

There are 41 million people who do not have access to a toilet in Pakistan and as a result they are defecating in the open. And open defecation has significant health and nutritional consequences.