Speeches and statements

The Minister of Health's Keynote Address at the 74nd World Health Assembly

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, We must be honest. No country was ready when the crisis hit. Covid-19 is the biggest health crisis of our time. Now, we need to end this pandemic and do whatever we can to prepare for and prevent future crisis.

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

Address by the Minister of Health and Care Services to the Storting regarding Norwegian authorities’ work on vaccines against Covid-19

Address by the Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie to the Stortingon 18 January 2021, regarding Norwegian authorities’ work on vaccines against Covid-19.

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

It’s not over. Not by a long shot.

The good news about the vaccines that are on their way has generated a sense of optimism both at home in Norway and abroad. We are all looking forward to – and hoping for – a summer in which our daily lives are more or less as they were before we

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

New, nationwide measures

During the coming weeks, we must ensure we stay at home and limit our social contact with other people to the greatest extent possible. By social contact we mean mixing with family, friends and acquaintances that you do not live in the same

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie on the press conference about the Corona virus situation, 5 November 2020.

To our youth

Our youngest are back at school and we are all happy about that. But I would like to talk about our young ones. Those who are still waiting, still longing. I would like to say to our young ones that you are not forgotten! Our goal is to have them

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie Speech held on the Corona Press Conference 27th April

The Norwegian intervention at the High Level meeting on Universal Health Coverage at the UN General Assembly

President; Excellencies; Ladies and gentlemen; When this Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, we made a promise to achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2030. Today, we meet to renew our commitmentand re-energize our efforts. Universal

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

The Minister of Health's Keynote Address at the 72nd World Health Assembly

President; (Director-General); Excellencies and distinguished delegates. When the UN General Assembly adopted the Sustainable development Goals in 2015, we decided to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by delivering on a whole

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

A Vision for a High Performing and Sustainable Health Care System

Keynote speech: A Vision for a High Performing and Sustainable Health Care SystemHeld at the 21st Commonwealth Fund International Symposium, Washington D.C., 15 November 2018

By State Secretary Anne Grethe Erlandsen

We are in this together

Excellences, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome. Welcome to Ålesund! It is a great pleasure for me to welcome each of you here today. We are gathered here, because of a serious situation. The world is fighting an important combat: the Combat

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie One-Health AMR seminar i Ålesund

Together for a doping-free society

Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure I welcome you to this International Conference on the subject of doping and public Health. The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness and increase knowledge

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie Opening speech at Doping and Public health

General discussion statement: Building health systems in the era of sustainable development

Honourable President, Director General, distinguished delegates, Norway extends its condolences to The United Kingdom for the attack in Manchester last night. Our thoughts are with you on this this difficult day. On her last Health Assembly as

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie Seventieth World Health Assembly (WHA70)

Opening speech EHiN-FH 20166

Good morning! It is a pleasure for me to welcome you all to the largest e-health conference in Norway. A special welcome to our international guests. Getting patients involved in decisions about own health care, is in the heart of the health policy

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

Statement at Ministerial round table

High-level commission on health employment and economic growth. Addressing health workforce deficits, stimulating employment and inclusive economic growth. Organized by the delegations of Brazil, France, Norway and South Africa.

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

Statement at General Debate World Health Assembly

Thank you, Chair/Mr President, Director General, Norway welcomes the theme of this year's general debate. The ambitious new Sustainable Development Agenda should guide our actions for the next 15 years. Now we all must find effective ways to turn it

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

NRI-conference: Moving further with Medical Tailoring

Dear Nordic friends, guests, organizers When I met you last year, I argued for the need to stay Nordic, to continue the Nordic collaboration on health research and innovation. Today, my message has not changed or been moderated. I know that the

UNGASS 2016: Side event: Addressing global disparities in access to controlled substances for medical purposes, with focus on treatment and pain relief

Ministers, Excellencies, panelists, ladies and gentlemen, The topic of this side-event is an important one, and it is an honor and pleasure to represent one of the countries organizing it together with important international partner institutions.

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

UNGASS 2016: Round table 1: Demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment

Topic for round table 1: Demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment, as well as health-related issues; and ensuring the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes, while preventing their

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

UNGASS 2016: Side event on «The Nexus of Human Rights and Drug Control Policies»

Excellences, panelists, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to this side-event on a topic of importance to Norway's government. Norway is pleased to organize this event with the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe. The UNGASS preparatory work

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

UNGASS 2016: Plenary statement on behalf of the Council of Europe (Pompidou Group) and national statement

President, Excellences, ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the 37 member states of the Pompidou group. The Pompidou Group is a Council of Europe entity that upholds the core values of the Council of Europe;

By Minister of Health and Care services Bent Høie

Norwegian statement on UNGASS 2016

59th Session of the Commission on Narcotic DrugsVienna, 15 March 2016