Health Sector Strategic Plan 2012/13-2016/17.

The Health Sector Strategic Plan (2012-2017) (HSSP 2012-2017) has the goal to contribute to the attainment of improved health status and quality of life for socioeconomic development of Lesotho with the purpose to consolidate the health systems to guarantee quality health care to the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged.
The objectives of the HSSP are: 1) to contribute to improved health status through equity and access to quality health care in both public and private domains guided by the principles and strategies of primary health care and health systems strengthening; 2) to attain and maintain deployment of right numbers and skills mix of appropriately trained and motivated HRH; 3) to ensure availability and management of financial resources for improved access to health services and utilization of health facilities; 4) to ensure that essential, safe, efficacious, acceptable quality and affordable medicines and other therapeutic products, medical devices and technologies are available all the times in health facilities and are accessible to all; 5) to provide timely, relevant, accurate and complete health information on a sustainable and integrated basis using ICT; 6) to improve delivery of health services by tapping into expertise and skills from the private sector, focusing on the output based partnerships and ensuring an optimal allocation of risk between the private and public sectors; 7) to ensure health physical infrastructure are properly designed and constructed and that equipment are properly procured, installed and maintained in accordance with health.
The implementation of HSSP shall be led by the Ministry of Health (MoH) but a variety of stakeholders shall play a role. The process of implementation will be guided by the National Health Policy, thematic policies, the Public Health Act (public health law that will be prevailing) and the Local Government Act. At all levels of the health care system namely national, district, health facility and community councils annual action shall be developed as a way of operationalising the HSSP.