The Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage is committed to improving the health of the population by enhancing the quality of health services and enabling access to treatment.
Mission- In terms of Public Health:
- Development and monitoring of the enactment of laws related to public health
- General Public Health protection
- Health Care organization
- Professional Training for health Officers
- Promotion of medical research, notably endemics in conjunction with the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
- The Fight against major diseases, notably malaria, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections, leprosy
- related diseases, the BURILI ulcer and HIV
- AIDS
- The therapeutic management of HIV
- AIDS patients, and the mother
- to
- child transmission therapeutic prevention
- The Fight against Cancer
- etc
- In terms of Public Hygiene:
- Development and monitoring of public hygiene regulations
- Design, implementation and monitoring of the Government’s policy on medical waste in collaboration with the Ministers of Environment and Sanitation
- Evaluation and monitoring of the food and drug products regulation, in conjunction with the Ministers in charge of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery Resources
- Proposal and implementation of incentive measures and of encouraging or coercive measures for the population and leaders of local authorities, in the achievement of public hygiene operations.
- In terms of Fight Against AIDS
- Coordinating AIDS
- related interventions
- Evaluation of the impact of HIV
- AIDS on the various sectors of development in collaboration with all Ministers
- Creation and maintenance of a national monitoring and evaluation framework for the fight against AIDS
- Development of a national strategic plan
- Promotion of a decentralization policy in the fight against AIDS in collaboration with the Minister of the Interior
