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26 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 209 (2007-2008)
Medicine as a Currency for Peace through Global Health Diplomacy

handle is hein.journals/yalpr26 and id is 211 raw text is: YALE LAW & POLICY REVIEW Medicine as a Currency for Peace Through Global Health Diplomacy Senator William H. Frist, M.D.* In today's era of globalisation and interdependence there is an urgent need to broaden the scope of foreign policy. Together, we face a number of pressing challenges that require concerted responses and collabora- tive efforts. We must encourage new ideas, seek and develop new part- nerships and mechanisms, and create new paradigms of cooperation. We believe that health is one of the most important, yet still broadly neglected, long-term foreign policy issues of our time. Life and health are our most precious assets. There is a growing awareness that invest- ment in health is fundamental to economic growth and development. It is generally acknowledged that threats to health may compromise a country's stability and security. We believe that health as a foreign pol- icy issue needs a stronger strategic focus on the international agenda. - Oslo Ministerial Declaration (March 20, 2007)1 Senator William H. Frist, M.D., is the Frederick H. Schultz Class of 1951 Visit- ing Professor of International Economic Policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Senator Frist represented the state of Tennessee in the United States Senate from 1995 until his retirement in 2007, serving as Senate Majority Leader during the final four years of his tenure. He rose to Senate Majority Leader having served less time in Congress than anyone ever to hold the position and was the first practicing physician to serve in the Senate since 1928. Senator Frist wishes to thank Mat- thew Lehigh and Zachary D. Kaufman for assisting with the preparation of this Essay. Jonas Gahr Store et al., Oslo Ministerial Declaration-Global Health: A Press- ing Foreign Policy Issue of Our Time, 369 LANCET 1373, 1373, 1375 (2007), avail- able at http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/About-the-Ministry/Minister- of-Foreign-Affairs-Jonas-Gahr-S/Speechesandarticles/2007/lancet.html?id=46 6469.

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