The
design and implementation of HSDP III is also a commitment towards the
achievement of MDGs by aligning HSDP III with the PASDEP; institutionalization
of community health services through the implementation of HSEP (rural, urban,
pastoralist and school); the conjoint Accelerated Expansion of PHC Services;
implementation of Health Human Resource Development Plan, the Health Care
Financing Strategy, Essential Health Service Package, Child Survival Strategy,
the National Reproductive Health Strategy, and the National Health
Communication Strategy.
Other
policies that have important bearing on the Health Sector Development are the
National Drug Policy, National HIV/AIDS Policy, National Women’s Policy and
National Population Policy. Moreover, the ongoing political and administrative
reforms and strategies such as Agricultural Development Led Industrialization
(ADLI), Rural Development Policy and Strategy, Policy on Decentralization, Civil
Service Reform and Capacity Building Programme are very important policy
initiatives during the implementation of the health development programs.