Health is a foreign policy concern.

Until recently, governments left health to their health ministries. But that has changed in the age of globalization, porous borders, and unprecedented levels of travel and migration. In this interview, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre argues that health should be a major consideration for economic and foreign policy-makers. Next month Støre and six other foreign ministers plan to release a report on how foreign policy-makers can and should address health issues.