Project Title: Technical Assistance for the updating of the National Essential health Care Intervention Packaae Tanzania.
Project Description: The Tanzanian National Health Policy of 2003 as updated in 2007 sets out a policy vision which aims at improving the health and well-being of all Tanzanians with a focus on those most at risk, and to encourage the health system to be more responsive to the needs of the people. The Health Policy also emphasizes that health services should be "available and accessible to atl the people in the country (urban and rural areas)".... The Tanzanian National Health Policy of 2003 as updated in 2007 sets out a policy vision which aims at improving the health and well-being of all Tanzanians with a focus on those most at risk, and to encourage the health system to be more responsive to the needs of the people. The Health Policy also emphasizes that health services should be "available and accessible to atl the people in the country (urban and rural areas)". In this regard, Tanzania is committed to the principle of universal coverage of social health protection to reach the goals of the Health Policy. WHO's strategy is to strengthen effort towards achieving the universal health coverage (UHC). The UHC goal is part of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 target 3.8 ("all people have access to essential quality health services they need, when, and where they need them, without financial hardship in paying the services). The National Essential Health Care Intervention Package (NEHCIP) is a policy instrument to achieve the UHC goal. Therefore it is ex ected that the revision of the NEHCIP needs to contribute towards achievinq the UHC goal by 2030. Tanzania introduced the first NEHCIP in 1996 and revised it in 2000 and later in 2013. Since the pattern of the disease burden has changed, NEHCIP revision has become crucial to include more health interventions to accommodate changes as recommended in the National Health Sector Strategic Plan V (HSSPV) of 2021-25. The revision process will include evaluation and updating of the current NEHCIP-TZ. In Tanzania an essential package was introduced in 2000 under the name, the 'National Package of Essential Health Interventions' (NPEHI). This package was up-dated in approximately May 2013 under the name 'National Essential Health Care Interventions Package - Tanzania' (NEHCIP-Tz). As discussed in the text, the main objective of the essential package is to "ensure universal access to quality health care services consisting of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to all people in Tanzania" (NEHCIP-Tz, 2013). To ensure equitable access to essential health package, this time around the Ministry of Health and POLARG together with WHO planned for another updated NEHCIP that account for the various segment of population include the age group, gender, and geographical location.
Principal Investigator : Sally Mtenga
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Time frame: (2023-09-11) - (2023-12-31)
World Health Organization (WHO) (Normal)
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