ABSTRACT
Recognizing that social and economic development and the circumstances in which people live, work and play are the main determinants of health, the 51 countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region have, since the early 1980s, advocated intersectoral policies for health development (1). Implementing such policies has, however, proved more difficult than anticipated (2) and, over 20 years later, lasting cross-sector partnerships for health are still not generally in place.
