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Annex A: Health care strategy

The Romanian National Health Strategy 2014-2020: "Health for Prosperity" - community medical

assistance. Structure of the document subjects covered in detail (translation of table of contents, by

author report)

Strategic intervention area 1: "Public health"

1. Improving the health and nutrition of women and children;

1.1. Improving the health and nutrition of mother and child and reducing the risk of infant and

maternal death;

1.2. Reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, incidence of abortion and maternal

mortality through abortion;

2. Reducing morbidity and mortality through communicable diseases, their impact at the individual

and societal level;

2.1. Strengthen the capability of the national disease surveillance system for priority

communicable diseases, rapid alert and coordinated response;

2.2. Protect the health of the population against major diseases that may be

prevented by vaccination;

2.3. Reduce morbidity and mortality due to TB and maintain appropriate rates of screening

and therapeutic results;

2.4. Reducing the incidence of priority communicable diseases: HIV / AIDS and providing

patients with antiviral treatments;

2.5. Reducing the incidence of priority communicable diseases: hepatitis B and C and

ensuring patient access to antiviral treatments;

3. Decreasing the growth of morbidity and mortality by non-communicable diseases and reducing

their burden on the population through preventive national, regional and local health programs;

3.1. Increasing the role and effectiveness of health promotion in reducing the burden of

disease in the population in priority areas;

3.2. Reducing the burden of cancer in the population by detecting it in its starting phase and

reducing mortality in the medium to long-term through organized screening interventions;

3.3. Improving the mental health status of the population;

3.4. Protecting the health of the population against environmental risks;

3.5. Ensure access to diagnostic and/or treatment services for special pathologies;

Strategic intervention area 2: "Health services"

4. Ensure fair access for all citizens, especially vulnerable groups, to quality and cost-effective health
services;

4.1. Development of community based services, integrated and comprehensive, mainly for the

rural population and vulnerable groups including Roma;

4.2. Increasing effectiveness and diversification of primary healthcare services;

4.3. Strengthen specialty ambulatory services to increase the number of diseases treated in

specialised ambulatory facilities reducing the burden of continued hospitalization;

4.4. Improving peoples access to emergency medical services through strengthening the

integrated emergency system and continuing its development;

4.5. Improving the performance and quality of health services through regionalization /

concentration of hospital care;

4.6. Increased access to quality services for rehabilitation, palliative care and long term care,

adapted to the demographic development of the population and the epidemiological

developments of morbidity;

4.7. Create a network of healthcare providers at the local, county and regional level;

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