The following health issues are taken from the National League for Democracy NLD platform or manifesto that was posted for voters in the 2015 election.

Most of them are aspirational goals and without outcomes or indicators so we cannot measure progress.

In your view, how many of the NLD campaign promises have been kept and how many have not?

Jamie

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Health
The following activities will be carried out for the emergence of a universal healthcare system:
1. We will improve and expand basic healthcare provision.
2. We will implement projects to reduce maternal and infant mortality, and we will strive to
prevent malnutrition and ensure access to medicine.
3. We will bolster school health initiatives in order to encourage good health-related practices,
improve knowledge of health issues, and reduce the spread of infectious diseases among our
children and young people, so as to support their healthy development.
4. We will cooperate with civil society organisations on awareness-raising programmes for
young people on the dangers of drugs, and we will carry out more effective treatment and
rehabilitation programmes.
5. We will develop programmes for healthcare provision for the elderly and for people with
disabilities, and we will aim to raise the average life expectancy above 64 years.
6. We will implement infectious disease prevention programmes, focusing in particular on
reducing the incidence of tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis, and HIV, and we will strive to
ensure that there are sufficient drugs for treatment.
7. For non-communicable diseases with harmful health impacts, such as diabetes, high blood
pressure, and heart disease, we will reduce the levels of incidence through prevention
programmes.
8. We will aim to enable government hospitals and clinics to provide high-quality drugs and
modern treatment methods, raise the qualifications of government health staff (including
doctors, nurses and midwives), and ensure that healthcare is provided in accordance with
ethical standards.
9. We will permit, in accordance with the law, the opening of private hospitals and health
clinics, in order to further improve public health.
10. We will cooperate with international experts and organisations in order to develop and
improve drug production, treatment, medical teaching, and research programmes.
11. We will systematically improve healthcare management systems based on accurate data and
information.
12. We will implement emergency healthcare programmes for areas affected by natural disasters,
and dedicated healthcare programmes for remote and hard-to-reach ethnic areas.
13. We will promote the further development and improved study of traditional medicine.
14. We will systematically strive to prevent people from inadvertently using harmful western and
traditional medicines and consuming potentially harmful foods, water and other drinks.
15. We will increase the national health budget, and enable a reduction in the level of out-ofpocket
expenditure incurred by the public for medical treatment.

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