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Source: World Health Organization (WHO)	28 November 2013

Palestinian health strategy presented to stakeholders, November 2013

28 November 2013, Jerusalem – On November 21, 2013, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, with support from the WHO West Bank and Gaza Strip office, held a comprehensive stakeholders meeting to present the draft 2014–2016 national health strategy. This three-year plan will feed into the Palestinian Authority’s National Development Plan, 2014–2016. Stakeholder participants were from local non-governmental organizations, international non-governmental organizations and UN agencies, as well as other ministries.

Five main strategic objectives were outlined in the national health strategy:

• Promote preventative health care and management of non-communicable diseases.
• Ensure comprehensive and integrated health care services for all citizens.
• Establish an effective, comprehensive and sustainable quality system for all health services.
• Ensure the availability of qualified health workforce capable of delivering high-quality health services.
• Enhance institutional development and governance of the health sector.

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