[EQ] Can Foreign Policy Make a Difference to Health?

Can Foreign Policy Make a Difference to Health?

Sigrun Møgedal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway,

Benedikte Louise Alveberg, Consultant on foreign policy and global health, Oslo, Norway
PLoS Med 7(5): e1000274. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000274 - May 11, 2010

This article is part of the PLoS Medicine Global Health Diplomacy series.

Available online at: http://bit.ly/dhbGky

“……It is in the hands of member states to direct and enable WHO to undertake its normative and standard-setting functions effectively in facing the increasingly transnational nature of health threats, to be a trusted repository for knowledge and information, and to act as an effective convener of multiple players and stakeholders that can drive appropriate convergence, innovation, and effective decision making for health in a diverse landscape.

 

In support of effective health governance, better evidence and best practices are needed on how foreign policy can improve policy coordination at all levels and create an improved global policy environment for health. Foreign policy practitioners need to become more aware of positive and negative impact of policy options and decisions on health outcomes. This is how foreign policy can make a difference to health…..”

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