Strategic Priorities Main Focus Areas for WHO Cooperation
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1:
Universal access to an essential
package of quality health services
based on fairness in financial
contribution and equity in access.
Delivery of Priority Health Services: promoting integration of disease and health
programmes into the health system; targeting under-served populations by balancing
between supporting outreach services and expanding facility-based coverage
Health Care Financing: financing mechanisms that target the poor; supporting
development of national social health protection policy; supporting management of the
health budget; strengthening systems for financial management
Human resources for health and quality of care: strengthening pre-service training;
coordination and developing a strategic approach to in-service training; revising the
health workforce strategy
Essential medicines and products: strengthening procurement; updating the essential
drug list; assessing the long-term costs of introducing new technologies; promoting
rational drug use and monitoring sale of counterfeit medicines
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2:
Technical excellence in disease
and public health programmes
Co-coordinating and linking technical support to priority disease control areas to
improve governance: improving coordination and integration of support within WHO
and among partners
Providing cross cutting support to national programmes and centres: supporting
infection control, surveillance and monitoring of Anti-microbial resistance (AMR)
Generating evidence and monitoring impact: increasing focus on generating and using
more evidence in providing policy and technical advice; monitoring the impact of WHO
support
Supporting national implementation of global agreements and regional initiatives:
supporting the core capacities by the International Health Regulations (IHR); supporting
the commitments under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Scaling up support for inter-sectoral work: strengthening collaboration with other
sectors; engaging in the “health borders” initiative
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3:
Effective stewardship of the
sector and health partnerships
Supporting policy development and advocacy: supporting development of the new third
Health Strategic Plan (HSP3) by gathering evidence, assisting priority setting, advocating
values of equity, and helping coordination of partners
Technical capacity building and transfer of skills and knowledge: supporting building
national capacity; coordinating capacity development activities among other partners
Promoting development effectiveness: supporting rationalization of coordination
mechanism, combined with a focus on improving the quality of plans and budgets
Engaging the private sector: providing information on standard treatment protocols to
GPs in the private sector; supporting the private universities on quality and
accreditation; supporting the registration of private pharmacies and monitoring of
dispensing practices
Engaging with the Decentralization and Deconcentration (D & D) agenda: supporting
update of the health coverage plan in a context of D & D agenda