The 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 by specific health interventions and by service delivery level.
Madagascar’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 agreed to draft this document because the Plan de
Malawi 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 improving coverage and quality of EPHS
Mali 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 informally part of the PMA as well. The Ministry of Health’s
Mozambique 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 health sector towards universal health coverage through government and donor cooperation. In 2013 the government […]
The 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) acknowledged that the original EPHS was not affordable,
The 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 …
At 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 the implementation of a constitutional amendment, the central government Ministry of Health was dissolved in June […]
In 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 specifies what services should be provided at each health facility level, and the inputs required to implement […]
We 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 Plan National de Developpement Sanitaire 2009–2018, among other sources. In many cases government policy documents listed the essential package by covered disease/population […]
