Recalling that APEC economies have been making continuous and effective efforts jointly, including through public-private partnerships, to address potential health-related threats to the economy, trade and security; and have strengthened and deepened pragmatic collaboration in the fields of prevention and control of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, non-communicable disease, maternal and child health, health system strengthening, population aging, traditional medicine and health information technology;

Noting that many APEC economies are experiencing a significant transformation in their demographics and economic development, and in the context of their health challenges, are facing increasing health-related threats and a growing burden of disease, which impact their health systems, and the sustainable development of economy, society and environment;

Recognizing that health is central to development; that it is a prerequisite for, an outcome of, and effective indicator of sustainable development; that health and health equity are integral to public policies of all sectors; that the value of health capital in an economy dwarfs any other form of capital; that by developing and sustaining dynamic health systems in the region and strengthening cooperation between health policy development and health industries and trade, economies can promote healthy populations and make substantial contributions to our region by Shaping the Future through Asia-Pacific Partnership;

Consistent with the 2020 Bogor Goals that are targeted at sustainable economic development, we developed the “Healthy Asia-Pacific 2020”initiative, which aims to promote people’s health and well-being through their whole life-course by means of whole-of-government, whole-of-society, and whole-of-region approach to promote the health security, growth and development of the Asia-Pacific region. We will focus on the following key areas through to the Year 2020:

1.Continuing to work on the unfinished health-related MDGs in a manner that complements activities of the post-2015 agenda.Strive to ensure clean water, sanitation and nutrition; promote the basic immunization coverage for children and encourage the utilization of new and underused vaccines; further disseminate knowledge on sexual and reproductive health and ensure access to related services to support the United Nations’ “Every Woman Every Child” initiative and to eliminate preventable child and maternal death; ensure universal access to well synergetic high quality treatment and services for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria; facilitate an environment conducive to the eradication of neglected tropical diseases in Asian-Pacific region; action on the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance including monitoring and surveillance, and collaborate to strengthen laboratory capacity building, and medical product regulatory systems to ensure the availability of safe and effective medical products.