Launching of Health Sector Strategic Development Plan
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Asmara, 28 April 2022- At a ceremony held today, 28 April, at Asmara Palace Hotel, in which representatives of partner institutions as well as heads of UN offices in Eritrea took part, the Ministry of Health launched five years Strategic Plan.
The Strategic plan that will serve from 2022 to 2026 includes: “
The Third Health Sector Strategic Development Plan”, “Eritrea Essential Health Care Package”, “Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Implementation of the Health Sector Strategic Development Plan”, as well as “
National Action Plan for Health Security”.
In her keynote speech at the ceremony, Ms.
Amina Nurhusein, Minister of Health, indicated that the national health policy, which was developed in recognition of the evolving national, regional, and global health context is consistent with the country’s commitment, to maximize the health and wellbeing for all Eritreans and residents of Eritrea at all ages.
Minister Amina went on to say, that the key documents are the most important tools to achieve the aspirations and expectations of the health sector of the Government of Eritrea.
Minister Amina further noted that Eritrea has made remarkable progress in the health sector and that the risk of dying before the age of 5 years was reduced by 75% and the maternal mortality ratio was reduced by 82% between 1991 and 2020, which are among the best in the developing world.
Minister Amina underlined that the third Health Sector Strategic and Development Plan is designed to provide the overall strategic and implementation framework for the health sector priorities for a period of five years (2022-2026) and to contribute toward sustainable economic growth, with social equity and justice.
Dr.
Berhane Debru, Director General of Policy and Plan at the Ministry of Health, on his part said that the Ministry is a ready to kick start the five years strategic plan and will have a significant contribution to the development of the health sector of the country.
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Keynote speech by Minister Amina Hussein at the launching ceremony of five years strategic plan of the health sector.
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GENERAL
Apr 29, 2022
• Honorable Ministers!
• Distinguished High Ranking Government and PFDJ Officials!
• Distinguished United Nations Representatives!
• Distinguished Participants!
• All Protocol Observed!
Ladies and Gentlemen!
I feel highly honored and pleased to welcome you all to this launching of the three most important Ministry of Health documents, which include: –
1. The Health Sector Strategic Development Plan (2022-2026),
2. The Eritrean Essential Health Care Package, &
3. The National Action Plan for Health Security (2022-2026).
These three key documents are the most important tools to achieve the aspirations and expectations on the health sector of the Government and the Eritrean people.
The Ministry of Health governance is set in such a way that the existing National Health Policy provides the overall guidance to the health sector strategies that will be launched today.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Eritrea has made remarkable progress in the health sector since liberation, with changes so great that life expectancy is now close to 20 years more than that of 1991, which is twice the improvement seen in the African Region, as well as, close-to three times the global life expectancy improvement, seen during the same period.
The risk of dying before the age of 5 years was reduced by 75% & maternal mortality ratio was reduced by 82% between 1991 and 2020, which are among the best in the developing world.
Our existing National Health Policy, which was developed in recognition of the evolving national, regional, and global health context, is consistent with the country’s commitment, to maximize the health and wellbeing for all Eritreans, and residents of Eritrea at all ages.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The fact that Eritrea had strong Primary Health Care base, that begun before the liberation of the country, which proved its effectiveness in Eritrea’s success in achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals, means that, Eritrea has also strong foundation to do well, with Health Sustainable Development Goals. Hence, Eritrea’s Success in the Health Millennium Development Goal’s (MDG’s) shall be repeated with the Health Sustainable Development Goal’s (SDGs).
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The third Health Sector Strategic and Development Plan is designed to provide the overall strategic and implementation framework for the health sector priorities for a period of five years (2022-2026), and to contribute toward sustainable economic growth with social equity and justice.
The Ministry of Health shall promote the provision of essential health services at all levels (primary, secondary and tertiary) of health care and across all age groups in line with the Eritrean Essential Health Care Package, which is one of the key documents that will be launched today.
The health sector shall also establish a comprehensive emergency management program, and regularly develop, review and implement its National Action Plan for Health Security, which is another key document that is being launched today.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
As you all know, formulating, enriching, and validating these three key documents, required a lot of hard work and the involvement of many individuals and organizations. At this point, on behalf of the Ministry of Health and on my own myself, I express my appreciation to the individuals and organizations who worked hard to produce these Ministry’s overarching documents.
However, policies, plans, and guidelines are only as good as their implementation. Hence, I would like to urge all our health workforce, to continue working harder to put the three documents into action.
At this point, I would particularly like to call for the continuous commitment of the Government sectors, development partners, communities, and health service users including individuals, and families towards effective implementation of the strategies, plans, and guidelines contained in the three key documents.
A brief presentation of these documents will be presented by my colleagues.
I Thank you all!
Awet Nhafash!
ኤርትራዊ ፕሮፌሽናል ተቐዳዳማይ ሄኖክ ሙሉእብርሃን ጋንቱኡ (Bardiani-CSF Faizanè) ሰንበት ሓደ ግንቦት ማልያስ ለቢሱ ኣብ ብዩሳኢይ 1.2 መዐቀኒ ዘለዎ Port Circuito ክሳተፍ ምዃኑ ኣብ ወግዓዊ መርበብ ሓበሬታኣ ገሊጻላ። ም.ና.ፕ
ኤርትራዊ ፕሮፌሽናል ተቐዳዳማይ ሄኖክ ሙሉእብርሃን ጋንቱኡ (Bardiani-CSF Faizanè) ሰንበት ሓደ ግንቦት ማልያስ ለቢሱ ኣብ ብዩሳኢይ 1.2 መዐቀኒ ዘለዎ Port Circuito ክሳተፍ ምዃኑ ኣብ ወግዓዊ መርበብ ሓበሬታኣ ገሊጻላ። ም.ና.ፕ
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