Disease Prevention and Health Care Promotion in the

Philippine Development Plan, 2011-2016 and the Post-2015

Development Agenda

Outline 1.  Introduction

2. Updated Philippine Development Plan: the road to inclusivity

3. Post-2015 Development Agenda: Health

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Inadequate level of human development

– Declining quality of education

–  Inadequate health services –  Inadequate protection from

shocks on human capital – Environmental degradation

and natural disasters

Health Sector Agenda

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Development  Process  

Development  Output  

Development  Outcome  

-­‐Health  care  service  u/liza/on    -­‐Environmental  protec/on  -­‐Nutri/on  -­‐Fer/lity  -­‐Injury  

-­‐Disease  Preven/on  

-­‐Health  Promo/on  

Improved  health  status  

UPDATED PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN: THE ROAD TO INCLUSIVITY

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Inclusive growth

Growth  that  reduces  poverty,  including  achievement  of  Millennium  Development  Goals  

Higher  economic  growth  for  2011-­‐2016  

Growth  that  generates  mass  employment  

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Strategic Framework on Social Development

Subsector outcomes

Sector outcomes

Goals Poverty reduced and quality employment created

Equal development opportunities achieved

Human capabilities improved

Health and nutrition status

improved

Knowledge and skills enhanced

Vulnerabilities reduced

Social protection expanded

Access to secure shelter

expanded

Universal Health Care •  Government strategy to improve access to

affordable and quality healthcare

(1)  Scaling-up promising preventive and promotive health programs and improving health-seeking behavior among the most vulnerable population

(2)  Improving financial risk protection by expanding national health insurance coverage

(3) Ensuring quality of service by not only investing in facility infrastructure and equipment, but also improving clinical and management processes, and regulating the quality of care provided

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Preventive and Promotive Healthcare

•  Healthier and more productive population •  Reduce the need for treatment and

rehabilitation •  Prevents illnesses and reduce suffering •  Improves chance of benefiting from

economic opportunities offered by a fast growing economy

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THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: HEALTH

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•  The government budget for health is limited.

•  There is unequal access to quality health care: maternal health is poor and infectious diseases are not undercontrol.

•  The Pantawid Pamilya Program is ineffective in remote areas where health facilities are lacking.

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Health Challenges

•  Encourage the growth of the health care industry.

•  Further improve health care service delivery.

•  Enhance affordable health care.

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Proposed Health Interventions Towards Inclusiveness

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