The parallel session entitled "Policy coherence: how can social mobilization promote mutual accountability of policymaking on health" took place as part of the 9th Global Health Promotion Conference in Shanghai on Nov 24, provoking in-depth exchanges among global leaders.

Rosa Maria Pimentel, president of the Civil Society Forum on Health of Peru introduced the way the country's children's care foundation and other non-governmental social forces influence policies.

Her foundation, which was founded 15 years ago, is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion of healthcare equality in culture, economy, society and ideology.

She said the foundation's greatest achievement was to promote the national health agreement. The foundation also held a public health ministerial hearing in Peru to carry out a variety of activities to promote a universal, comprehensive obtaining of medical services with dignity.

Pimentel said she hopes to inspire people with the wisdom and knowledge to ensure that the public can participate in the process of policy making in the government.

Tunisia's Minister of Health Samira Maraei said the realization of the "health for all, all for health" goal needs social forces to participate and to jointly build up a prosperous society.

She shared Tunisia's experience on the session on social mobilization and social dialogue.

Tunisia launched a national health policy and social dialogue strategy on Oct 8, 2012, which encourages health participation and common prosperity of all aspects of society.

The bill aims to include people in different professions and built a platform for government and academics hold discussions for the better future of the health system in the country.

The plan was carried out in three stages. At present, Tunisia has officially entered the second stage, which will take action according to the consensus and make 2030 as the deadline for the national health policy according to the nation's long-term health policy.

Lu Chunling, program director of Global Health Economics and Social Change made her suggestion on how to help children survive and develop.

She believes that over the past 20 years, the main focus of assistance for pregnant women, infants and young children was to provide medical services.

But in the era of sustainable development, children's survival and development assistance should include various departments, because medical service is not the only determinant for children’s survival.

Children also need safe food and adequate nutrition, clean water and facilities for healthcare and education.

For the promotion of children’s living status, Lu suggested that it should be matched with the needs of the country, which means that places with high rates of child mortality should receive more assistance for children.

Moreover, there should be enough sustainable investment to ensure the suitable living conditions for children, ranging from the use of innovative method to integrate all the resources in the country and the coordination between donor and recipient countries.