Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is by Alicia Ely Yamin, lecturer on global health and policy director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. At the UN General Assembly last month, world leaders moved toward a new development agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which build upon the soon-to-expire Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As these discussions continue, policymakers must prioritize creating equitable and effective health and social protection systems, rather than only focusing on stand-alone, single-issue initiatives.

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