Gro Brundtland

2005 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence

October 25-28, 2005

Gro Harlem Brundtland's Visit to MHC

• Closing the Global Health Equity Gap
• Gro Harlem Brundtland's Address: October 27, 2005
• Inspiring Role Model for Local High School Students
• Video Clip

Gro Harlem Brundtland

• Director General of the World Health Organization (1998-2003)
• Three time Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986-1989, 1990-1996)
• Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development (1983-1987), which resulted in the influential report Our Common Future. The report developed the concept of 'sustainable development' and provided the impetus for the Rio de Janeiro Earth summit in 1992.
• Physician and scientist in the Norwegian public health system
• Detailed Biography