Thisrequires the publichealthsectorto play astewardshiprole in fosteringpolicycoherenceacross sectors, and to influencepoliciesandactionsthat can benefithealth.
Governments should take action to improve coherence and promote integrated policy and action across the social, economic and environmental pillars at the national level.
Estrada replaced Espiritu as finance secretary with the well-regarded Jose Pardo, who had held the trade and industry portfolio, named a six-man Economic Coordinating Council of top officials to bring badly-needed coherence and momentum to policy-making, and recruited five business elder statesmen as senior advisers.
Before more damage is done to the coherence and integrity of U.S. policy in the war on terror, to the prospects for realizing a genuine and durable Mideast peace and perhaps to the Bush presidency itself, a course correction is required that moves once again in the direction laid out by the President a year ago tomorrow.