"The burden of disease falls on the poor." — Gro Harlem Brundtland

We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks.

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children.