Governance and strategic purchasing
• Continue to strengthen the governing bodies of the UCS to ensure social
accountability and transparency, and to manage and prevent conflicts
of interests among governing body members. Expand the role of civil
society and community representatives and appoint objective and
independent ex-officio members in order to protect the UCS against
political manipulation and dominance by any particular interest group(s).
• Address the problems in the relationship between the NHSO and the MOPH
so that together they can steer the development of the UCS and the
broader health system. If the UCS is to continue to flourish these two
institutions must recognize they are mutually dependent and there must
be a measure of trust between them.
• Work towards achieving a more equitable distribution of human resources
across the country, including by strengthening the MOPH’s capacity to
develop health workforce policies to improve district-level staffing.