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"For fear of making a mistake, we commit the biggest mistake of all: being able to change the world, we don't do so.... It is our duty to have a direct impact on the lives of those who in the future populate this world."
 - Minister of Health of Ecuador Veronica Espinosa

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"The leadership this Region is showing in elaborating this Agenda is leadership that I hope the Director-General of WHO will take note of for the other regions."
 - Chief Medical Officer of Barbados Joy St. John

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"As ministers of health, we need to empower ourselves within our cabinets, because the actions we need to take to achieve health for all our countries' inhabitants is intersectoral, and we need the support of other ministries."
 - Minister of Health of Panama Miguel Antonio Mayo Di Bello

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"The important thing is to really make sure the SDGs reflect your local realities. Adapting it to your situation is very important, to make sure that you own it. And then it's from ownership that comes commitment, and then implementation."
 - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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"Until every man, woman and child can live a life that is healthy and productive, we will have failed.... Let's go forward with the commitment that we will reach everyone who is not being reached."
 - PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne