tailieunhanh - NATIONAL HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGY 2008-12: MINISTRY OF HEALTH, GUYANA

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated country with a land mass of 147,570 sq. km and a population of more than 140 million, 70% of whom live in rural areas (BDHS 2004). The population growth rate is per annum and it ranks 139th position (out of 173 countries) in UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI) with an estimated per capita GDP of US$ 1,900 of which 22% is generated by agriculture (UNDP 2005). According to UNDP, around 83% of the population live on less than US$ 2 a day and 36% on less than US$ 1 a day. Through continuous effort of the government. | National Health Sector Strategy 2008 12 MINISTRY OF HEALTH GUYANA APRIL 2008 Contents Page Summary 3 1. Introduction 6 2. Components of the sector strategy 7 . Decentralisation of health services 7 . Skilled health workforce 8 . Strong leadership and regulatory role for Government 9 . Sector performance management process 10 Strategic information systems 22 3. Services priorities to be driven by the sector strategy 13 Maternal child and family 13 Chronic non communicable diseases 14 Accidents injuries and disabilities 15 Communicable diseases HIV tuberculosis and malaria 16 Other communicable diseases 17 Mental Health 17 Emerging diseases environmental health and disasters 18 Health Promotion and risk reduction 19 4. Financing the sector 21 Annex 1 Ministry of Health lines of action to improve service delivery 26 1 NATIONAL HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGY 2008-12 Foreword Health and development are intrinsically linked and having recognized this crucial fact the Ministry of Health through the National Health Sector Strategy NHSS 2008 - 12 purposefully and continuously seeks to address critical health issues to enable sustainable development. This will require a coordinated and an inter-sectoral approach in the process to ensure greater harmonization of efforts. On this basis the NHSS was formulated to further strengthen the efforts of the previous National Health Plan NHP in achieving harmonization impact and reform in the health sector. This reform while a process is driven by and will be centred on a number of significant elements resulting in improved health of the population. These include equity consumer-oriented and quality service and accountability. Key among the priority issues to be addressed in this NHSS are those related to primary heath care such as maternal and child health and extend to the management and treatment of communicable among them HIV AIDS and tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases including .