<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Adapted from<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div><p><font> A
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">comment below.</span></font></p><p><font><br>
By now there is wide consensus around the fact that no sector of government can thrive and reach its goals without the participation of other sectors. Health in All Policies stresses a whole of government approach. Working together and across sectors is not only more effective, but also a pre-requisite to further improve the health and well-being of our communities at the national, regional and global level.<br>
The path towards universal health coverage and to securing the well-being of communities cannot be addressed by the health sector alone. It needs coordinated action by and between sectors of government, by health professionals and other social and economic sectors and groups, by voluntary organizations, by local authorities, by industry and by the media and society at large. Inter-sectorial action is a sine qua non to be successful in reducing the health equity gap. ......<br>
States should "build their capacities for the successful implementation of whole of government approaches. Let us continue our efforts and determination to securing societies free of inequities, where people have access to healthy environments and modify social determinants to live long, healthy, and productive lives. .." Dr. Clarissa Etienne Director of the Pan American Health Organization.</font></p>
<font color="#3333ff">I have to confess I am a HiAP-skeptic. How many years or decades have we lived under the mandate of inter-sectoral cooperation or integration? How much has this advice yielded? Is not HiAP a revamped version of the same? Will a new name really make a difference other than perhaps riding on a 'gaining new momentum' wave? How prepared are different government and other sectors really motivated/committed to give health a role in their own policies? And if they do, will it be along the lines of the social determinants of health (SDH) or in support of more vertical policies? The unifying thread (or skewer in this shishkebab problem) is political. Addressing the SDH is a political decision that transcends sectors. Can I suggest: <b>Health In All Politics</b>?<br>
</font><br><font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Claudio</span></font><br><br>I'll be glad to be proven wrong...<br></div></div><br>