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(vii) ensure regular and adequate flow of funds to the health sector; and (viii) organizational and
management reform of structures, systems and procedures in the oH are to respond effectively
to change.
The RGC, through the MoH, also developed and adopted a number of laws and health policies
designed to benefit youth. These include the abortion law, the law against drug abuse, the national
policy on safe motherhood, the national policy on birth spacing, the national policy on STI and
HIV and AIDS, the national policy on primary health care, a national strategic plan for a
comprehensive response to HIV and AIDS, and a national reproductive health programme. While
these laws and broad programmes contain general provisions that do not necessarily mention
youth, they are also expected to benefit this population. One that clearly targets youth is the
National Strategic Plan for Reproductive and Sexual Health 2008-2012, which aims to attain a
better quality of life for all women and men and adolescents by providing effective and appropriate
sexual and reproductive health programmes. More recently, in the MoH’s 2008-2015 Health
Strategic Plan, a cited programme priority area relates to adolescent/youth health under the Plan’s
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health focus area.
The MoH works in close collaboration with line ministries and development partners to realise its
Health Strategic Plan:
For planning and financing with the Ministries of Planning (MoP) and Economy and Finance (MEF)
For maternal and child health with MoEYS; MLVT and the ministries of Women’s Affairs; Social and
Veterans’ Affairs; Information;, and Rural Development
For environmental health and the control of important infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV
with MoEYS; and the ministries of Information; Interior; Defence; Environment; Industry, Mines and
Energy; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Culture and Religious Affairs; Tourism; and Rural
Development, including the National AIDS Authority.
For advocacy and other work on issues (e.g., controlling the marketing of breast milk substitutes,
and tobacco-related and other legislation, taxation and revenue implications) with the Ministry
of Interior, particularly local authorities, and the ministries of Information and Commerce.
D. Ministry of Interior
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) enforces laws through its police power at the provincial, district
and commune levels in each of the country’s 24 provinces and municipalities. Within the MoI
are several programmes and activities that directly and indirectly respond to youth-related
concerns. Its Anti-Drug Department, for instance, has responsibility for gathering all information
that can facilitate the detection and prevention of the illicit trafficking of drugs, and for coordinating
all domestic and international operations to suppressing the illicit trafficking of drugs. Operating
directly under the Commissariat General of the National Police, the Department has nine offices
and 24 provincial units. Lending support to this unit in the MoI is the Secretariat of the National
Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), which also resides the Ministry. In September 2005, NACD
published its Five-Year National Plan on Drugs Control (NPDC) 2005-2010, which aims to minimize
drug-related harm to individuals, families and society. A structure for implementation, monitoring
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