VISION: Health for all Filipinos
MISSION: Ensure accessibility of health care to improve the quality of life of the Filipinos especially the poor
NATIONAL HEALTH OBJECTIVES
n Improve the general health status of the population
n Reduce morbidity, mortality, disability and complications
n Eliminate the following diseases as public health problems (schistosomiasis, malaria, filariasis, leprosy, rabies, measles, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, vitamin A and iodine deficiency)
n Eradicate poliomyelitis
n Promote healthy lifestyle
n Promote health and nutrition of families and special populations
n Promote environmental health and sustainable development
BASIC PRINCIPLES TO ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH
n Ensure universal access to basic health services
n Epidemiological shift from infectious to degenerative disease must be managed
n Enhance the performance of the health sector
n Ensure the prioritization of the health and nutrition of vulnerable groups
PRIMARY STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE HEALTH GOALS
n Support for frontline health workers and local system development
n Assurance of health care
n Increasing investment for primary health care
n Development of national standards and objectives for health
- Dental health program
- Osteoporosis prevention
- Health education and community organizing
- Primary health care
- Reproductive health
- Older persons health service
- Guidelines for good nutrition
- Respiratory Infection Control
- Alternative health care
- Maternal and child care
- Sentrong Sigla Movement
