Government of Fiji; Ministry of Health and Medical Services Country Resources General Health Strategies and Plans Fiji 1 January 2016 Policy document

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The National Strategic Plan (NSP) is the primary guiding document supporting our efforts to improve health and is an invaluable resource to keep us focused and on track over the next five years. The content of this NSP represents an extensive review of our documented progress to date and the current health situation in the country, as well as broad technical input from key health leaders, experts, clinicians, managers, and health workers. The many consultations during this process have required critical self-reflection, honest appraisal of our strengths and weaknesses, and strategic thinking about how we can make specific, tangible improvements over the next several years, not just as a Ministry, but as a network of health sector partners. With that in mind, the National Strategic Plan 2016-2020 has been developed to align with the Government’s priorities for the health sector, the global post-2015 development agenda, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which builds upon the Millennium Development Goals that preceded them. The “Healthy Islands” (HI) vision of the Pacific has also been considered as one of the key frameworks in developing this document. Based on the HI vision MoHMS has initiated the “Wellness Fiji” approach that forms the basis for reorientation of Fiji’s Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery towards reaching people in the various “settings” in which they live, work, and play and through expanded partnerships between peripheral health workers and local communities. Many of the themes that are highlighted in these development frameworks are cross-cutting and thus are integrated throughout the NSP.

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