National Strategic Plan for Health (2016-2020)

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Goal One: Empower individuals and families to manage their own health: 

  1. Increase health literacy of the general population based on defined outputs of the Health Literate Care Model. 
  2. Reduce morbidity and mortality from CNCDs by 25 percent consistent with the WHO Global Action Plan. 
  3. Reduce under-five mortality rate from 17.2 per 1000 to 8.0 per 1000 consistent with MDG target. 
  4. Reduce the number new HIV infections by 50 percent; and increase the number of persons diagnosed with HIV infection receiving sustained antiretroviral treatment to 90 percent. 
  5. Improve the standard of health and social services provided to the mentally ill, elderly, persons with disabilities and abandoned children.


Goal Two: Strengthen Health Systems and Community Support Mechanisms: 

  1. Create requisite regulatory and administrative frameworks that will improve quality of care and access to health services 
  2. Institutionalize health sector planning and programming, including health information management.
  3. Enhance the capacity of the health sector to prevent and control disease conditions
  4. Reduce public health risk by improving environmental health conditions 
  5. Achieve and maintain established benchmarks for management of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies 
  6. Maintain adequate human resources to deliver effective health services at all levels
  7. Improve standard of accommodation and structural integrity of health care facilities 
  8. Increase financial resources available for health by 25 percent through the application of innovative financing mechanisms


Goal Three: Expand Strategic Partnerships: 

  1. Create mechanisms to stimulate intersectoral partnerships 
  2. Implement health-related agreements acceded to by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
  3. Deepen relationships with traditional and non-traditional international development partners
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Toda la Población
Type
Strategy
Responsible institution
Topics / Chapters
A. Integration of population dynamics
Main Priority Measure