Health is Global

There are ten principles that underpin Health is Global

They are that we will:

 

1.       set out to do no harm and, as far as feasible, evaluate the impact of our domestic and foreign policies on global health to ensure that our intention is fulfilled;

2.       base our global health policies and practice on sound evidence, especially public health evidence, and work with others to develop evidence where it does not exist;

3.       use health as an agent for good in foreign policy, recognising that improving the health of the world’s population can make a strong contribution towards promoting a low-carbon, high-growth global economy;

4.       promote outcomes on global health that support the achievement of the MDGs and the MDG Call for Action;

5.       promote health equity within and between countries through our foreign and domestic policies;

6.       ensure that the effects of foreign and domestic policies on global health are much more explicit and that we are transparent about where the objectives of different policies may conflict;

7.       work for strong and effective leadership on global health through strengthened and reformed international institutions;

8.       learn from other countries’ policies and experience in order to improve the health and well-being of the UK population and the way we deliver healthcare;

9.       protect the health of the UK proactively, by tackling health challenges that begin outside our borders; and

10.   work in partnership with other governments, multilateral agencies, civil society and business in pursuit of our objectives