IHS ACCOUNTABILITY
The Ministry of Health has stated its commitment to improve the responsiveness, effectiveness, efficiency and accountability of the health system, intending that IHSs be outcomes oriented and evidence based. In order for the Ministry to appropriately set standards against which IHSs will be evaluated, a comprehensive set of indicators must be identified and used to measure health outcomes. These indicators need to reflect the position that health is more than the absence of disease; that it is a positive concept that includes physical, mental, social and spiritual dimensions. Holding IHSs accountable to a comprehensive set of health status evaluation indicators is the strongest, most effective way for the Ministry of Health to ensure that our health system promotes health in addition to treating sickness.