tailieunhanh - Office of Inspector General Work Plan 2013 FISCAL YEAR

On World Pneumonia Day this year, the Egyptian Medical Students’ Association (EMSA), an organization comprised of dedicated Egyptian medical students and professionals, began a nationwide “Protect Your Child” awareness and vaccination campaign, which aimed to vaccinate high risk children against pneumonia and inform the Egyptian population about the dangers of pneumonia and the risk it poses to their children. EMSA also endeavored to reach out to the larger pneumonia advocacy community in Egypt by establishing the Egyptian Coalition against Child Pneumonia, now the largest pneumonia coalition in Africa and the Middle East. Collaborating with members from this coalition, EMSA conducted a week of successful advocacy activities celebrating World Pneumonia Day (for more information, see. | Office of . Department of Health Human Services Office of Inspector General HHS OIG Work Plan FY 2013 https HHS OIG Work Plan FY 2013 Introductory Message Introductory Message From the Office of Inspector General The . Department of Health and Human Services HHS Office of Inspector General OIG Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2013 Work Plan summarizes new and ongoing reviews and activities that OIG plans to pursue with respect to HHS programs and operations during the next fiscal year FY and beyond. The Work Plan is one of OIG s three core publications. The Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes OIG s most significant findings recommendations investigative outcomes and outreach activities in 6-month increments. The annual Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations Compendium describes open recommendations from prior periods that when implemented will save tax dollars and improve programs. What is our responsibility Our organization was created to protect the integrity of HHS programs and operations and the wellbeing of beneficiaries by detecting and preventing fraud waste and abuse identifying opportunities to improve program economy efficiency and effectiveness and holding accountable those who do not meet program requirements or who violate Federal laws. Our mission encompasses the more than 300 programs administered by HHS at agencies such as the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services CMS National Institutes of Health NIH Food and Drug Administration FDA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and Administration for Children and Families ACF . The majority of our resources are directed toward safeguarding the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the health and welfare of their beneficiaries. Consistent with our responsibility to oversee all HHS programs we also focus considerable effort on HHS s other programs and management processes including key issues such as food and drug safety child support enforcement .