Essential Health Services: Liberia
July 30, 2015The government of the Republic of Liberia published its EPHS in the National Health and Social Welfare Policy and Plan 2011–2021 and the accompanying policy document Essential Package of Health Services, Phase One (2011). The EPHS is clearly defined …
Essential Health Services: Madagascar
July 30, 2015Madagascar’s EPHS is not clearly defined in policy documents or regulations. The latest heath sector policy document available is the Ministry of Public Health’s 2012–2013 Interim Plan. The government of Madagascar and its international partners agre …
Essential Health Services: Malawi
July 30, 2015Malawi first developed its EPHS, referred to as the Essential Health Package, in 2004 under the Program of Work (2004–2010). The successor document to the Program of Work is the Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan (2011–2016), which emphasizes improv …
Essential Health Services: Mali
July 30, 2015Mali has an EPHS, which the government refers to as the paquet minimum d’activité (PMA). While the formal PMA is described in one national policy document, it appears that the government considers any service provided under a vertical program informa …
Essential Health Services: Mozambique
July 30, 2015Mozambique has not yet adopted a formal EPHS, but vaguely committed to developing one in a recent policy document. Mozambique’s Health Sector Strategic Plan (Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde, or PESS) is the policy document intended to guide the …
Essential Health Services: Nepal
July 30, 2015The government of Nepal first published an EPHS, called the “Essential Health Care Services package,” in 1999 as part of the second Long Term Health Plan, which included 20 broad health areas. The government’s Health Sector Strategy (2004) acknowledg …
Essential Health Services: Nigeria
July 30, 2015The government of Nigeria has embraced the EPHS concept for some time, but its implementation has faced challenges. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency defined a Ward Health Care Minimum Package for Primary Health Care, but …
Essential Health Services: Pakistan
July 30, 2015At this time there does not appear to be a national-level EPHS in Pakistan. The best approximation for Pakistan’s EPHS is the provincial government of Punjab’s Essential Package of Health Services for Primary Health Care in Punjab (2013). Following t …
Essential Health Services: Rwanda
July 30, 2015In 2011 the Ministry of Health in Rwanda reviewed and updated the health services packages provided by the different tiered facilities in the health sector. The Service Package for Health Facilities at Different Levels of Service Delivery document sp …
Essential Health Services: Senegal
July 30, 2015We identified Senegal’s essential package of health services across several policy documents, including the Liste Nationale des Médicaments et Produits Essentiels, 2008 revision, the Expanded Program for Immunization, and the government of Senegal’s …
