ESCWA
Plan Type: Sectoral Plan
Member State: Mauritania
Document Language: French
The "Plan National de Développement Sanitaire 2021-2030" for Mauritania aims to improve the health system by addressing key challenges and setting strategic priorities. The plan focuses on reducing maternal, neonatal, and child mortality, combating communicable and non-communicable diseases, and improving health infrastructure and human resources. It emphasizes the need for better governance, increased funding, and enhanced health information systems. The strategy includes specific programs for maternal and child health, disease prevention, emergency response, and health system strengthening, aligning with national development goals and international health standards.
Pillars & Objectives
- Develop and implement policies and regulations.
- Strengthen the capacities of health system managers.
- Improve coordination among health sector stakeholders.
- Enhance community participation in health governance.
- Establish mechanisms for accountability and transparency.
- Increase the number of health professionals.
- Ensure equitable distribution of health workers across the country.
- Enhance training and continuous education for health workers.
- Improve working conditions and incentives for health personnel.
- Implement effective management and evaluation systems for health workers.
- Construct and rehabilitate health facilities.
- Ensure the availability of essential medical equipment.
- Maintain and upgrade existing health infrastructure.
- Promote sustainable and environmentally friendly health facilities.
- Strengthen the supply chain management for medicines and health products.
- Improve the regulatory framework for medicines and health products.
- Promote the rational use of medicines.
- Ensure the availability of blood products and safety in transfusions.
- Develop and implement a robust health information system.
- Train health workers in data collection and management.
- Promote the use of health data for policy and decision-making.
- Improve the timeliness and accuracy of health data reporting.
- Encourage research and innovation in health information systems.
- Increase the national budget allocation for health.
- Mobilize external funding and investment for health.
- Implement health insurance schemes to cover the population.
- Promote financial protection for vulnerable groups.
- Ensure efficient and transparent use of health funds.
- Strengthen primary healthcare services.
- Expand access to essential health services, especially in remote areas.
- Improve the quality of maternal, neonatal, and child health services.
- Enhance the management of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- Promote health education and preventive care.
