Drawing on experiences reviewed in the accompanying supplement and other literature, we
present an agenda for the way forward for policy-makers, managers, civil society and
development partners to govern multisectoral action for health in low-income and middle-
income countries and consider how such an agenda might be realised. We propose the
following key strategies: understand the key actors and political ecosystem, including type of
multisectoral action required and mapping incentives, interests and hierarchies; frame the …

Multisectoral action is key to addressing many pressing global health challenges and critical
for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but to-date, understanding about how
best to promote and support multisectoral action for health is relatively limited. The
challenges to multisectoral action may be more acute in low-income and middle-income
countries (LMICs) where institutions are frequently weak, and fragmentation, even within the
health sector, can undermine coordination. We apply the lens of governance to understand …