A Prescription for Healthier Economic and Fiscal Policy
Finance ministers can no longer assume that national and global health policy, especially risk and preparedness assessments for different shocks, is the exclusive domain of health-sector professionals. Instead, they need to engage more with health ministries and others to strengthen their countries’ resilience to future crises.
MEXICO CITY – A healthy population is both a cause and a result of economic growth and development. But achieving both today requires policymakers to leave their comfort zones. Specifically, a new generation of global crises – including pandemics, climate change, and increasing hunger – call for a fundamental rethink of finance ministers’ role.