2. To adopt the “Whole-of-Society” approach and empower individuals and communities. Encourage and facilitate individuals (including marginalized and vulnerable groups such as women, the seniors, the disabled and migrant populations) and communities’ participation in health planning, legislation, services delivery, education, training, monitoring and knowledge dissemination to advance health for all. Drawing on existing evidence or by conducting the social determinants of health and taking appropriate actions accordingly to reduce health inequities and to create an inclusive, productive and healthy society.

3. To encourage public-private partnership. Strengthen the government’s role in regulation and guidance at macro level and encourage private sectors to invest in health care industry, providing primary health services and public health goods. Encourage the public and private sectors to play a vital role as responsible employers in advocating healthy lifestyle. Encourage governments and non-governmental organizations, including civil society, academia, and industry to build public-private partnership to address health-related issues, drawing on the expertise in the APEC community.

4. To encourage health research and support health innovation and to promote their translation into practice. Explore cooperative mechanisms to promote bio-medical sciences, health and health policy research and development that adds value to health systems, the health of the population, and to sustainable economic growth in an appropriately regulated environment. Strengthen evidence-based medical and health policy research, especially basic and operational researches on cost-effective preventive interventions to meet the health needs of low-and-middle-income economies in the region. Advance coordination in health R&D among developed and developing economies, and among public and private sectors. Encourage member economies to develop innovative health R&D financing channels and mechanisms. Encourage the sharing of innovative knowledge and training in transferring innovative research and technology in the region. Provide convenience to developing member economies in accessing to patent information to increase their opportunities to use and strengthen their capacities in the application of innovation knowledge.

5.To support member economies in addressing health-related challenges through Asia-Pacific partnership. Make full use of regional resources and promote cooperation in health within the region, so as to develop the capacity of economies to address current and emerging health issues throughout the whole health value chain, including identifying barriers in the supply chain that drive up costs and inhibit access to medical products by patients. Encourage member economies to share best practice and experiences in health reform and development. Meanwhile, encourage developed economies to work with / collaborate with to developing economies, and the latter to make good use of these resources and opportunities to develop their own health systems and capacities by strengthening disease prevention and control and ensuring basic medical services are available to all. Encourage government, industry and civil society to expand and promote bilateral, regional and sub-regional dialogues and exchanges on health issues among member economies. Strengthen the dialogues, cooperation and coordination between Health Working Group, the LSIF, and other APEC fora and multilateral health bodies, as appropriate, with the goal of encouraging the incorporation of health related issues into their working plans and related policies. This will help ensure that there are joint and coherent efforts in Asia Pacific region to promote health development and set a model for global health governance.

We have achieved much in health, but we still have a long way ahead in advancing a healthy Asia-Pacific by 2020. We call for member economies to work together for a healthier Healthy Asia-Pacific through our partnership.