The Oslo Ministerial Declaration

Abstract

In a declaration on global health and foreign policy (April 21, p 1373),1 seven ministers of foreign affairs take further the increased attention this topic has received in recent months.2-5 The main message of this important initiative is that a country's foreign policy should primarily be judged by its effect on global health. Gunnar Kvåle [email protected] Centre for International Hearth, University of Bergen, Bergen 5021, Norway 1 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand Oslo Ministerial Declaration-global health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time.