Hope to see a draft of the new national health policy soon.

Jamie

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Ministry details plan to address important health issues in 2020
Aung Phya Kyi Soe
Myannar Times
3 January 2020

The government will focus on several key health challenges facing the country this year, Health and Sports Minister U Myint Htwe said.

They include patient safety, the public health and hospital information system, health literacy, and school health.

The ministry will also pay more attention to the national medical supply chain management system; staff training; non-communicable diseases; medical, research, and public health ethics; e-health; budget management; implementation research; promoting an “Exercise is Medicine” programme; and monitoring and evaluation.

“We will reduce morbidity and mortality due to disease and health conditions,” he said in his New Year’s day message.

“All programmes will have built-in checklists for monitoring. The findings will be critically scrutinised and applied as appropriate to improve programme performance,” he added.

U Myint Htwe said his office will work more closely with local and foreign non-governmental organisations, UN agencies and development partners to achieve its objectives.

He said the National Health Policy is being reformulated to identify newer, nimble and realistic strategies to tackle changing conditions.

“We are going to have a fresh look and update our strategies, interventions, standard operating procedures and guidelines in all programmes – clinical as well as public health,” he said.

The ministry was allocated around K1.2 trillion (US$812.3 million) for fiscal year 2019-2020, which is 9 percent more than in the previous fiscal year.

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