Health Initiative Quotes

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.

I want to encourage everyone to be proactive with their health and get checked out.

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.

I think Michelle Obama is on the right track with her Let's Move campaign to bring down childhood obesity. She and I come from the same state, Illinois, which is number four in the nation for obese children. One out of five Illinois children are considered obese. Not overweight, obese. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese.

We've had too many World AIDS Days.

International Yoga Day is a reflection of the largest knowledge based peoples' movement the world has ever seen.

I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers.

In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.

What is really nice about the Health Impact Fund is that it is a win-win, something that without much cost to anyone makes a lot of people better off.

Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector to take ownership of this issue.

(The National Cancer Program is) a bunch of (obscenity).

The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.

As we know, menstrual hygiene is an issue women have been facing over the years. It's great that the initiative to provide low-cost sanitary napkins has been undertaken. It is an empowering step for many women.

It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling.

America's health depends on all businesses, not just healthcare companies, to do their part.

Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

The mayor of Newark, N.J. wants to set up a citywide program to improve residents' health. The health care program would consist of a bus ticket out of Newark.

If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools, and yes even Congress.

My project for menstrual hygiene is about empowering girls.

If we can make HIV testing a normal part of looking after your health, we can truly envisage an AIDs-free future in the U.K.

Within weeks of the Ebola hoax dying down, the guys at Health Africa International approached my friends George Weah, Mahamadou Diarra, and I to be part of the initiative in using various forms of communication to promote a Ebola prevention education programme.

If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.

The trans fat label has been an enormous incentive for food companies to take trans fat out of their products.

The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women's cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.