National Center for Disease Prevention and Control

Strategic Objectives

By the end of 2002,

1.      To settle all NCDPC staff working as a team in favorable conditions

2.      To develop and test various management systems and processes for policy-development, provision of technical assistance and internal office operations.

3.      To develop technical expertise on priority disease and managerial skills in program, project and policy development standard setting of at least 50% of the technical staff.

4.        To develop a database and establish contacts with  disease control experts of the country.

5.       To develop and implement collaborative projects on  the establishment of public health units in the DOH hospitals and collaborating centers on disease prevention and control.

6.     To update and re-issue national policies and implementation guidelines on existing core programs, e.g. TB, malaria, vaccine-preventable disease, schistosomiasis, filariasis, cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, family planning, nutrition, maternal care, dental and sanitation.

7.    To analyze and develop framework for action for other public health problems such as  food/waterborne diseases, emerging and re-emerging diseases, asthma/COPD,  disability and injuries,  adolescents/youth, older persons, violence against women, home hygiene and environmental health impact assessment.

8.     To develop investment plans and packages for TB, malaria, schistosomiasis, vaccine preventable diseases, family planning, degenerative diseases and environmental health.

By the end of 2004,

1.     To operationalize and institutionalize management systems and processes on policy development, technical assistance and internal office operations.

2.       To acquire expertise on policy development, standard setting, program/project management by all NCDPC staff

3.      To enable at least 70% of all the centers for health development to provide technical assistance on disease prevention and control to local government units and its partners.

4.      To establish consortia of disease prevention and control experts

5.      To develop programs and policies on food/waterborne diseases, emerging and re-emerging disease, asthma/COPD  disability and injuries,  adolescents/youth, older persons, violence against women, home hygiene and environmental health impact assessment.

6.      To conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the  implementation of selected national programs.

7.       To advocate for the inclusion into the benefit packages of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation of the following public health services; TB, hepatitis B, rabies, FP injectables and IUD insertion, normal delivery, , dental surgery and special diagnostic procedures such as pap smear, ECG, ultrasound,  2-hour post prandial test.

By the end of 2010

1.     To have at least five models of Philippine best practices in disease prevention and control adopted by some Asian countries.

2.     To become an active and respected member of international network on disease prevention and control efforts.

3.      To develop all centers for health development and at least eight collaborating centers as technical authority on disease prevention and control. 

4.       To provide the enabling environment for the nationwide  implementation of newly-developed programs.

5.      To institutionalize program monitoring and evaluation schemes at the local level to ensure compliance to public health practice guidelines.

6.     To increase investments by at least 50% for disease prevention and control efforts through local government investments,  social health insurance, grants, loans and other financing schemes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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