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National Health Strategy 2011-2016 Colourised Final ! Table of Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Foreword ........................................................................................................................................... 5 List of abbreviations .......................................................................................................................... 7 Executive summary .......................................................................................................................... 9 National Health Strategy 2011–2016 Outcomes, Outputs, Baselines and 2016 Targets ............... 22 Chapter 1—Overview ........................................................................................................ 32 Qatar National Vision 2030 .......................................................................................................................... 32 Scope of report ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 34 Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 Structure of report ...................................................................................................................................... 377 Chapter 2—Sector Goals and Strategy ............................................................................ 39 Sector goal 1—Comprehensive world class healthcare system ........................................ 39 Project 1.1—Primary care as the foundation ............................................................................................. 41 Project 1.2—Configuration of hospital services ........................................................................................ 45 Project 1.3—Continuing care design .......................................................................................................... 47 Project 1.4—Mental health design .............................................................................................................. 49 Project 1.5—Emergency care services ...................................................................................................... 52 Project 1.6—Community pharmacies ......................................................................................................... 54 Sector goal 2—Integrated system of healthcare ................................................................ 56 Project 2.1—Quality improvement .............................................................................................................. 58 Project 2.2—Disease management programs ........................................................................................... 59 Project 2.3—Healthcare data program ....................................................................................................... 62 Project 2.4—E-health establishment .......................................................................................................... 63 Project 2.5—Private sector involvement .................................................................................................... 65 Sector goal 3—Preventive healthcare ............................................................................... 68 Project 3.1—Public health governance ...................................................................................................... 69 Project 3.2—Nutrition and physical activity .............................................................................................. 72 Project 3.3—Tobacco cessation ................................................................................................................. 75 Project 3.4—Consanguinity risk reduction ................................................................................................ 76 Project 3.5—Communicable disease prevention ...................................................................................... 77 Project 3.6—National screening program .................................................................................................. 79 Project 3.7—Occupational health ............................................................................................................... 80 Project 3.8—Women and child health ........................................................................................................ 83 Project 3.9—Additional public health services ......................................................................................... 87 Sector goal 4—Skilled national workforce ......................................................................... 90 Project 4.1—Workforce planning ................................................................................................................ 91 Project 4.2—Recruitment and retention ..................................................................................................... 93 1 ! ! Project 4.3—Professional education and training ..................................................................................... 95 Project 4.4—Optimizing skill mix ................................................................................................................ 97 Sector goal 5—National health policy ................................................................................ 99 Project 5.1—SCH capacity building .......................................................................................................... 100 Project 5.2—Healthcare professionals ..................................................................................................... 101 Project 5.3—Healthcare facilities .............................................................................................................. 103 Project 5.4—Healthcare products ............................................................................................................. 104 Project 5.5—Patient advocacy .................................................................................................................. 106 Sector goal 6—Affordable services ................................................................................. 108 Project 6.1—Budgeting process ............................................................................................................... 109 Project 6.2—Management of treatment abroad ....................................................................................... 111 Project 6.3—Health insurance establishment ......................................................................................... 113 Project 6.4—Healthcare infrastructure master plan ................................................................................ 115 Project 6.5—Capital expenditure committee ........................................................................................... 117 Sector goal 7—High-quality research .............................................................................. 121 Project 7.1—Research governance .......................................................................................................... 122 Chapter 3—Institutional Readiness ................................................................................ 125 Introduction and framework for assessing institutional readiness ....................................................... 125 Institutional readiness assessment .......................................................................................................... 126 Summary ..................................................................................................................................................... 127 Chapter 4—Indicative Resource Requirements .............................................................. 128 Human resources ....................................................................................................................................... 128 Operational activities ................................................................................................................................. 128 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................. 128 Initial and ongoing phase .......................................................................................................................... 129 Estimation of resource requirements ....................................................................................................... 130 Chapter 5—Management Arrangements ........................................................................ 132 Appropriate human resource and budgetary requirements ................................................................... 132 Governance structure ................................................................................................................................ 133 Dedicated program management office ................................................................................................... 134 Prioritisation of initiatives and quick wins for trust creation ................................................................
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