Afghanistan Afghan Public Health Institute Strategic Plan - ianphi

The mission expresses the purpose of an organization including what it does, for whom and how. Itis a tool that helps an organization move toward its vision and stay on track.VISION STATEMENT FOR THE MoPH IN THE YEAR 2015 (created fromshared vision from the December 2010 national workshop by clustering data and pulling out keythemes and then drafting the statement)Health for All AfghansA vision statement expresses a desired future state for an organization that is inspiring yet realistic.It describes what an organization believes its future success will look like.CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLESNote: Refer to definitions in the “glossary of key terms” section of this report for a “ fuller”understanding of some of the core values.Values are the standards or principles that guide an organization and describe what it stands for.They assist in setting priorities, planning interventions and evaluating processes and outcomes. Thecore values of the Ministry of Public Health are:Right to Health – We consider health as a right of each individual and are committed to creatingconditions that support health and wellbeing without discrimination of any kind.Partnership and Collaboration – We believe in the meaningful engagement of a wide range ofstakeholders both within the health sector and with other sectors and recognize that takingaction on health issues often requires working effectively across sectors in addition to the healthsector. We see our role as facilitators of multilevel, interdisciplinary and intersectoralcooperation and collaboration.Community Participation and Involvement – We believe that community involvement isimportant to better understand the health needs of communities, to develop appropriate healthprograms and services, and to take effective action on issues that affect health and well being.Evidence‐based decision‐making – We believe that when developing our public healthprograms and policies it is important to use the best available evidence.Results‐oriented culture – We value the performance of our employees and identify, promoteand support positive results in the workplace, as well as in our work with clients andcommunities. We believe in promoting an environment that clearly identifies expectations andperformance indicators and monitors and evaluates these over time in the spirit of continuousquality improvement.Quality – We believe that quality in health programs and services means responding to clientneeds and developing and providing health programs and services that are appropriate,affordable, available and timely, safe and consistent, effective and efficient and continuouslyimproving.Ministry of Public Health Strategic Plan, 2011‐201520