Five-year Health Sector Strategy: Investing in Health and Achieving the MDGs 2007-2011.

This Strategy is a sectoral document prepared by the Ministry of Health in response to the Government initiative for developing a 5-year strategic plan for all sectors in Sudan. The purpose of this policy document is to provide a framework for the health system reform and sustainable development, together with stipulating the most important health priorities to be addressed during the next five years. The paper, although it is a sectoral policy, supports the development of environmental health and community-based approaches for achieving health goals in partnership with other sectors, such as (i) support policies and develop strategies and services that ensure all people have access to save water supply and effective sanitation; (ii) reduce adverse health effects of environmental hazards; (iii) develop and implement systems to ensure food safety, chemical safety, solid waste and industrial waste management; and (iv) work in partnership with related sectors to combat pollution and control communicable disease vectors.