Prevention and management of overweight and nutrition-related NCDs;
Nutrition education, social mobilisation, and positive behaviour change;
Nutrition during emergency situations;
Creating an enabling environment for nutrition; and
Nutrition monitoring, evaluation, research and surveillance.
The Policy also contains an implementation plan, monitoring and evaluation framework
Health Sector Strategic Plan II – 2017-2022
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The HSSP II aims to further improve health outcomes through the provision of a revised
essential health package (EHP) and health systems strengthening for efficient delivery of
the EHP. Specifically, the HSSP II sets eight strategic objectives for Malawi’s health
sector – each with strategies and targets to implement by 2022:
Health Service Delivery:
Increase equitable access to and improve quality of health care services. Objective 1
builds on the successes of the Essential Health Package (EHP), which has outlined the
health care interventions available to all Malawians, free at the point of access, since
2004. The aim is to achieve universal free access to a quality revised Essential Health
Package (EHP), irrespective of ability-to-pay, to all Malawians.
Socio-Economic Determinants:
Reduce environmental and social risk factors that have a direct impact on health.
Objective 2 focuses on strategies that address the environmental and social risk
factors that impact on health care requirements and health outcomes. Specifically, the
objective focuses on behaviours and life styles, water and sanitation, food and
nutrition services, housing, living and working conditions. This objective will be
largely implemented at the community level.
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