Ministerio de Salud Publica

Mission

Guarantee the exercise of the right to health of the inhabitants of the country and their equitable access to integrated and comprehensive health services, promoting social production and orienting interventions to social protection in health, developing the stewardship function and achieving the purpose of National Health System, within the framework of its principles to achieve the satisfaction of the needs of the population, with emphasis on priority groups.

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To be recognized as the highest national health authority that plays its leading role and fulfills the essential functions of public health, with the ability to coordinate effective intra- and inter-institutional and multisectoral coordination to guarantee access to health services and goods to the entire population. quality, managed by competent human resources and committed to the basic principles of ethics.

Strategic Objectives

• Strengthen the leadership capacity of the SESPAS, through the effective management of the SNS, the institutional development, the effective management of human talent to consolidate the sectorial leadership.
• Guarantee comprehensive health services to the population, with quality, opportunity and equity, through the development and decentralization of SNS networks and the strengthening and deconcentration of collective health programs.
• Promote the creation of spaces and opportunities for social participation in the work of public health services and the exercise of stewardship, with the aim of adapting services to the needs and interests of the community, contributing to the development of the concept of citizenship.
• Improve the performance of the EPHF, through the development and strengthening of the required competencies, in order to contribute to raising the quality of life of the population.
• Guarantee equitable access to safe and effective quality medicines, through the correct application of the National Drug Policy, to ensure the health of the population and the financial sustainability of the National Health System.
• Promote and implement a culture of institutional quality, developing management strategies, improving productivity and quality of employment to promote user satisfaction and the positive positioning of the public in the Dominican social perception.