Health Sector Strategic Plan III 2023-2030 - Reforming for Universal Health Coverage.

The Health Sector Strategic Plan III 2023-2030 - Reforming for Universal Health Coverage (HSSP III) outlines the objectives, strategies and activities needed to build upon progress during implementation of the Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) and accelerate Malawi’s progress in achieving Malawi’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) targets by 2030. The HSSP III is motivated by Malawi 2063’s vision of self-reliance and outlines how the health sector will contribute to the human capital development and mindset-change pillars of the vision.
The HSSP III has the following objectives across nine priority areas: 1) Service Delivery: Increase equitable access to and improve quality of health care services; 2) Socio-Economic Determinants: To improve overall health, environmental health and prevent disease through addressing social determinants of health and burden of disease; 3) Infrastructure & Medical Equipment: To improve the availability, accessibility and quality of health infrastructure; 4) Human Resources: Improve the availability of competent and motivated human resources for health (HRH); 5) Medical Products and Technology; 6) Digital Health; 7) Research; 8) Leadership and Governance; 9) Health Financing.
Strategic Interventions and Activities include: Increase access to safe food, water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), housing and working environment; Strengthen pandemic, disaster preparedness response and surveillance of eradicated diseases; Strengthen inter-sectoral prevention and response to violence, discrimination, accidents; Enhance recruitment, selection, deployment, and equitable distribution of human resources for health;Optimize production at training institutions and strengthen coordination between the 56 | Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan III 2023-2030 institutions and health sector needs; among others.