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Policy for the Health Sector

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97 pages. Agriculture and Social Sectors Department.

This policy is intended to make ADB's efforts in addressing the challenges confronting the health sector more effective and efficient.

ADB's overall approach to the health sector will be to assist DMC governments in ensuring their citizens have broad access to basic preventive, promotive, and curative services that are efficacious, cost-effective, and affordable.

ADB's activities in the health sector will be guided by these strategic considerations:

• there will be continued focus on improving the health of the poor, women, children, and indigenous peoples
• investments will focus on achieving tangible and measurable results
• ADB will actively support rigorous testing of innovative approaches to the management and financing of the health sector, and assist with the timely deployment of effective new technologies
• ADB will play a significant role in policy reform by encouraging DMC governments to take an appropriate and activist role in the health sector that includes increasing public investment in PHC, facilitating private sector involvement in health, and increasing the focus on public goods
• ADB will increase the efficiency of its investments in the sector by assisting DMC governments to strengthen their managerial capacity, improve economic and sector work, and strengthen linkages with other sectors.

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