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In 2007, the foreign ministers of seven countries (Norway, France, Brazil, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand) issued a declaration identifying global health as ‘a pressing foreign policy issue of our time’, one that is: … deeply interconnected with the environment, trade, economic growth, social development, national security, human rights and dignity. In a globalised and interdependent world, the state of global health has a profound impact on all nations – developed and developing. Ensuring public health on a global scale is of benefit to all countries.
Other governments followed suit, with Switzerland releasing its health foreign policy document in 2006 and the UK launching its global health strategy two years later.
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