TO : | The Minister, Ministry of Health |
1.1. | Focus on Health Development at the community level particularly in rural areas by: | ||
a) | Strengthening health, care delivery at primary levels and immediate support systems at secondary levels; | ||
b) | Developing, a strong primary health care system in coordination/cooperation with all the Ministries and agencies engaged in social, political and economic development; | ||
c) | Lowering the cost of drugs; and | ||
d) | Rotation and increase of medical service personnel | ||
1.2. | Effectively utilize those systems in order to control or eradicate the immediate and specific health problems confronting Filipino communities by: | ||
a) | Strengthening and re-orienting existing specific programs in family planning, nutrition, malaria eradication, schistosomiasis control, cancer control, and others to conform to the thrust of the peripheral services; | ||
b) | Development of a plan to eradicate tuberculosis by means of a strong program which will be interpreted with the health development at community levels. | ||
1.3. | Redirect and re-orient the organization of all its agencies at the central level so as to provide efficient and adequate administrative, planning and other support services for health development by: | ||
a) | Strengthening their staff functions and capabilities; | ||
b) | Streamlining their programs of activities. |