Presented by the Health Systems Strengthening Hub Department of Health Systems Policy Planning and Information 10 JUNE 2015 Contributing to the Agenda for Prosperity introduction The National Health Policy NHP sets out guiding principles for the health sector ID: 731711
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National health policy review
Presented by the Health Systems Strengthening HubDepartment of Health Systems, Policy, Planning and Information10 JUNE 2015
Contributing to the Agenda for ProsperitySlide2
introductionThe National Health Policy (NHP) sets out guiding principles for the health sector.The current NHP was written in 2002 and reviewed in 2009. The 2009 version was not validated.Slide3
Why review the nhp?Changes in national context especially following the Ebola Outbreak and new ways of working.Changes in international context - post-MDGs, and emergence of regional and global health systems thinking. Slide4
Patient & Health Worker Safety Outputs
Health Workforce
Outputs
Essential Health Services
Outputs
Community Ownership Outputs
Surveillance & Information Outputs
Sierra Leone Basic Package for Essential Health Services (BPEHS) – Fully implemented by 2020
Patient & Health Worker Safety
PS and health services & systems development
National PS policy
Knowledge & learning in PS
PS awareness raising
Health care-associated infectionsHealth workforce protectionHealth care waste managementSafe surgical careMedication safetyPS partnershipsPS FundingPS surveillance & research
Health WorkforceNational & 3 regional referral hubs for quality careEstablish a medical post-graduate centreStrengthen national & 3 regional training institutionsEstablish CPD programmes for all health cadresImproving individual, provider and sector performanceStrengthening ethics and health regulations
Essential Health ServicesIntegrated Management of Childhood IllnessCore malaria control interventions, including HIV/AIDS and TBMaternal & Child life-saving interventionsTeenage Pregnancy preventionNon-Communicable DiseasesEssential Medicines & Supplies including PPEsImprove referral including revitalization of the national ambulance serviceDiagnostic laboratories & blood transfusionRehabilitation & facility equippingHealth promotion, environmental health & sanitation
Community OwnershipRevise policy and guidelines on Community leadership Community dialogue Community-based approaches Linkages between facility and communityImprove community initiated health alerts
Information & SurveillanceDisease surveillance & databaseDistrict health information system (DHIS2)Human Resource information system (HRIS)Logistics Management Information System (LMIS)Burden of disease studiesNational Health Accounts
Enabling Environment: Leadership & Governance, Efficient Health Care Financing Mechanism and Cross-
Sectoral
Synergies.
Key
Expected Results
Safe and healthy work settings
Adequate Human Resources for Health
Essential (basic) health and sanitation services are available
Communities able to trust the health system and access essential health services
Communities able to effectively communicate and effectively send health alerts
Improved health system governance processes and standard operating procedures
International Health Regulations (IHR) followed
Health Sector Recovery Framework
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Health sector recovery frameworkWhat should the National Health Policy articulate to ensure an enabling environment for the Health Sector recovery and beyond?- Patient and Health Worker Safety
- Health Workforce- Essential Health Services- Community Ownership- Surveillance and Information* Governance and Leadership* Health Care Financing* Cross-Sectoral Strategies* OtherSlide6
The review processEvidence collection - by 30th June 2015Evidence analysis - by 30th
July 2015Consultations - by 30th July 2015Draft Policy prepared - by 31st August 2015Slide7
How health sector partners CAN CONTRIBUTE AT THIS STAGEPlease send any evidence you/your organisation have that you believe should influence the National Health Policy to
ppispecialist.hsshub@gmail.comby 20 June.Research organisations if you have spare human resource capacity (does not need to be in country) then we will definitely appreciate support in sifting through the evidence.