ABSTRACT
This chapter argues the prioritisation of global health needs to maintain the centrality of investment in public health systems and follow the multisectoral approach embodied in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, which can generate higher yield results and long-run sustainability. It also argues the global action plan for health must be set in motion simultaneously with global action plans in education, environment, and water and sanitation, each of which is critical to the success of global health and sustainability for the long term. The chapter declares the prioritisation of global health emanating from a political process, for example a mechanism such as a Leaders 20 (L20) summit, can mobilise resources, maintain continuous visibility, and monitor results while strengthening global governance in the process. Three of the eight MDGs are health goals: reducing mortality among children under five, reducing maternal mortality, and reversing the spread of communicable diseases, specifically HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and others.
