Health Reform Strategy 2016-2019.

This Health Reform Strategy is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach. The timeframe of this Strategy is 4 years between 2016 and 2019. The overall goal of this Strategy is to ensure the highest attainable standard of health for all people of Tuvalu by improving health service delivery and health care in a professional, equitable, responsive, accountable, caring and integrated manner. This Health Reform Strategy lays down strategies to (I) strengthen administrative and management capability of the Ministry of Health to effectively improve health service delivery, particularly at the clinical and primary care levels, (II) strengthen and improve community preventive and health care services under the principles and concepts of primary health care, universal health coverage and healthy islands, (III) provide high quality clinical care and services to meet the needs and expectations of patients, (IV) ensure quality, timely and accessible patient care support services, (V) provide administrative and management support to the Ministry of Health, and (VI) foster a mutually beneficial and effective partnership that supports the health mandates of each partner and the health interest of the population. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health addresses the importance of quality nutrition and sets forth strategies on institutional capacity building, public awareness-raising, breastfeeding practices, healthy nutrition, and infrastructure development in the relevant areas.