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Government Initiative and public health objectives.
Being the health of a population and its study, public health has an ongoing need for epidemiology, economies, social sciences and, ethics. Government activity in public health extends beyond lawmaking and regulation. However, said activity is uncoordinated and lacks a System of priorities. Above ail, public health ought to enjoy greater attention in public debate. To remedy the lack of true policy and insufficient government typical to public health, the author recommends starting by rigorously taking stock of the nation's health and drawing up a list of objectives and priorities based on coherent policy, thereby making debate irrelevant on preventive vs. acute care and giving way to economic and technical evaluations. This rather negative observation ought not to be a discouragement, but a challenge. The role of government should be all the more stimulating as it is unconventional.

Relever les défis pressants et complexes du développement durable va nécessiter, outre le financement du développement, l'élaboration et la diffusion de savoirs scientifiques et techniques qui concernent les sciences aussi bien physiques et biologiques que sociales et humaines. Dans cette perspective, un choix politique doit être clairement affiché et des moyens proposés en faveur du renforcement des capacités de recherche des pays du Sud, de la promotion des partenariats Nord-Sud et Sud-Sud, ainsi que de la mise en œuvre rapide des résultats de la recherche sur les enjeux prioritaires du développement.