Yearly Plan of Actions

Starting EFY 2000 (2007/09), yearly preparations of the health sector in Somali region differ from previous planning approaches, since it was based on basic principles aimed at:

1. Promoting integrated priority setting in the health sector starting from the health facility and Woreda level up to the regional level;
2. Taking the objective reality in different localities into account, to align HSDP goals and targets with that of the MDGs; and
3. Harmonization and alignment of health related programs in the concept of one plan, one budget, and one report.
4. All plans are based on District-Base approach

The focus areas of the core plans are based on the priority areas of HSDP III (five year plan), aimed at making primary health care services accessible to the whole population in Somali region. These areas include: improving maternal and child health, prevention and control of communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB), Human resource development and establishing systems influencing the development of the sector, such as HMIS, Logistics Management system and health care financing.

The core plan comprises of the following ten priority issues:

1.      Strengthening implementation of capacity and performance system;

2.      Expanding primary health care services;

3.      Strengthening hospital-based services;

4.      Strengthening maternal and youth health services;

5.      Improving child health;

6.      Increasing the coverage of health-related nutrition services;

7.      Improving hygiene and environmental health services;

8.      Prevention and control of major communicable diseases;

9.      Prevention and control of non-infectious diseases;

10.  Strengthening, monitoring and evaluating systems as well as health systems research

11.  Human Resource Development

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