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On behalf of the Public Policies Development and Health Project led by the Divisional Management of Health an the National Faculty of Public Health in Antioquia, I thank the organizers for the invitation they made us to share some of the concepts and experiences related to the Public Policies Development in Health. The organizers have especially asked me to review some basic concepts related to the topic we have worked before, which could facilitate interinstitutional work. Due to what was mentioned above, this presentation has been divided in four parts. In the first part, I will briefly mention some basic concepts related to the comprehension and development of public politics, to facilitate the understanding of the rest of the presentation. The concepts are distributed in a glossary. Following this, I present some thoughts on the questions that individuals, interested in public policies of health and in methods that could be of help when answering inqueries, could or should ask themselves. This presentation defines three main ideas: firstly, the public policies that affect the health sector are always complex and tend to cover multiple sectors. Due to this, they should have an interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral focus. In second place, the development of public policies is the reflection, usually, of opposite interests, and therefore, should include the participation of those involved. Finally, the range of the civilian participation could be very limited, if this part of society doesn’t become organized in an effective manner.
