What is global health?

Abstract

This Government believes our international engagement must be focused and strategic. We need to assure the UKs security and prosperity at home, and UK citizens interests overseas. In doing so, we cannot pretend to work in isolation: we depend on the economic development, stability and security of the rest of the world, and on key relationships with countries and organisations. This is particularly the case for our relationships with the emerging powers. If the UK is to protect the health of the population, harness the benefits of globalisation and make the most of its contribution to health and development across the world, we need a cross-Government strategic approach to global health. Starting with the previous Governments publication Health is Global a UK Government Strategy 2008-2013 and the recommendations from the first independent review, we have developed an outcomes framework to support the next phase of the strategy. It reaffirms a set of guiding principles, focuses our efforts towards achieving a set of twelve high-level global health outcomes by 2015 and will be underpinned across Government by departments own delivery plans.