The health of the population constitutes, from the programmatic platform of the revolutionary triumph expressed in “History will absolve me” a matter of special interest for our government, one of the most precious conquests of our Revolution.
To guarantee the health of the Cuban population, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) is the body of the Central State Administration that has a social commission, according to what is stated in article 3 of Law 41 of Public Health of 1983 , the methodological, technical and scientific rector, in the provision of services, the preparation of the Public Health Branch Plan and the regulation of the practice of medicine; as well as other related activities.
The activities conceived by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) are decentralized in its planning and execution in the institutions of the health services network, subordinated to the government structures in the different territories, where one of its vice-presidents is the Provincial Director of health.
OBJECTIVES
The National Health System during 2020 will continue the objectives of improving the health status of the population, increasing the quality and satisfaction of the people with the services provided, making the system efficient and sustainable, guaranteeing its development. We are immersed in a moment of profound transformations in the economic, political and social spheres, which are based on the vertiginous advance of science, technology, information and communications, and their rapid introduction into the services that are provided, as sources of social progress. To face these, and other challenges derived from the "knowledge society", strategic planning constitutes a management tool for decision-making around the current task, to respond to demands more effectively,
