Afghanistan Afghan Public Health Institute Strategic Plan - ianphi

HOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2011‐2015 LINKS WITH NATIONALPRIORITY PROGRAMS, THE HEALTH AND NUTRITION SECTORSTRATEGY AND OTHER MoPH STRATEGIESThis section will address the question “How does the MoPH Strategic Framework 2011‐2015 link withthe National Priority Programs (NPPs) of the Afghan National Development Strategy (ANDS), the HNSSand other strategies developed by technical departments within MoPH?”Links to National Priority Programs (NPPs)At the Kabul Conference, held in Kabul on July 20, 2010, high level GoIRA officials and foreign expertsendorsed an action plan to improve: social and economic development, governance and security as partof the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS). At that time, 22 National Priority Programswere developed and committed to by external donors. For additional detail on the Kabul conference seehttp://www.fa.gov.af/kabul‐conference.asp and http://www.ands.gov.af11 core elements of the NPPs were identified. Facilitating Human Resource Development; StrengtheningLeadership and Accountability; Building Good Democratic Governance; Meeting Resource Requirementsand Measuring for Results, are of particular relevance to the health sector.Human Resource Development and capacity building is one of the Strategic Directions of the MoPH’sStrategic Framework 2011‐2015. It is also a thread that runs through many of the other 9 StrategicDirections. The Strategic Direction (SD) on “Strengthening the Stewardship role of the MoPH andGovernance in the Health Sector” and the SD on “Improving Health Financing” are aligned with the NPPCore elements Building Good Governance and Strengthening Leadership and Accountability. The SD on“Supporting Regulation and Standardization of the Private Sector” supports improving relationships withthe private sector to enhance health services, which aligns with the NPP core element UnleashingInvestments in Economic and Infrastructure Development. The SD on “Improving the Nutritional Statusof the Afghan population” includes links to food and agriculture, which is linked with the NPP coreelement Accelerating Agriculture and Rural Development. “Results‐oriented Culture” is one of the newcore values of the MoPH, and this is well aligned with the NPP core element that includes Measuring forResults.More specifically, the key areas of the MoPH’s Strategic Plan that are currently under the NationalPriority Programs of ANDS are: 1) the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS); 2) the Essential Packageof Health Services (EPHS); 3) the Institutional Development of selected National Hospitals; and 4) theHuman Resource Development Cluster that includes a number of activities including those aimed at:improving the governance capacity at senior and managerial levels; developing adequate professionalstandards, specialized curricula and training specialized staff; and increasing the capacity of communityworkers and professional providers.Links to Health and Nutrition Sector Strategy (HNSS)Ministry of Public Health Strategic Plan, 2011‐201551