The silos ... must go

[GoodTaste]

The 2022 Lancet Series on optimising child and adolescent health and development follows on almost two decades after the original Lancet Series on child survival and its call to action for child health globally. The new Series is concerned that progress has been too slow, the sustainable development goals are off track, and once again the world is failing its children. Four papers in the Series set out an abundance of evidence in support of a holistic agenda for child health spanning sexual, reproductive, maternal, childhood, and adolescent health, as well as nutrition and development. Integration and implementation of evidence-based interventions across health, education, and social systems must improve, and the silos across the continuum from preconception period to age 20 years must go. Calling for renewed prioritisation and investments, the Series seeks to stimulate a revitalised global effort to fully protect, nurture, and support the health and development potential for every child everywhere, from before conception to adulthood.

Source: The Lancet

What does "The silos ... must go" mean? Silo seems to mean self confined approaches.

I am not sure.

 

[Skrej]

Read the first paragraph under the Introduction for a definition and explanation of silos in regards to government.

But yes, in essence, an institution that doesn't share information or ideas. This is sometimes also referred to as 'stovepipe' command structure.

The metaphors are the same - information moves only vertically within a confined area (department or institution). Desirable when dealing with something like grain or smoke where you don't want it spilling all over, but not so efficient for information sharing.

 

[Tdol]

Preconception to twenty should be seen as a continuum rather than different discrete areas.

 

[GoodTaste]

"Must go" means "must give way (to new systems)"?

 

[probus]

"Must go" means "must give way (to new systems)"?

In this context, yes, but in general, no. "Must go" generally means must be ended, abolished, or ejected.