This is one of the departments of the Ministry of Health Development. The department leads the planning process of the national health sector, policy, and strategic settings, and health informatics. Additionally, the department steers the coordination and agreements between the ministry and the international partners. Among other responsibilities of the department includes:
- The management of health information system of the ministry
- Executing simulations and model computations
- Coordination of national and international agreements
- legal advisor services and national health policies formulation
- Ministerial and national planning for health
- Monitoring, evaluation and inspectorate
- Health management information system(HMIS) and health research• health programs coordination
- Planning MoHD overarching goals and vision to achieve these goals using research, planning and evaluation
- Managing activities used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations
- Assisting MoHD to gather, analyze and organize information
- Health system strengthen and reform(EPHS,JPLG and GAVI)
- Analysis of go SL health sector situation and gather relevant information on health issues
- Executing simulations and model computations
- Advising on best alternatives and proposal of related legal acts
- Analysis health data, modeling and reporting on relevant information
- Cooperation with international in health data sharing
- Preparing letters of agreements between the ministry and international agencies such as (NGOs)
- Organizing international cooperation with specific departments of the ministry
- Coordinating national and international agreement on training aspect
- Advise minster and DG on panning, policy and strategic matters
- Develop and support annual plans with fundraising
- Developing and implementing comprehensive written annual resource mobilization plan with strategies for MoHD
- Organize and support quarterly and annual review meetings
- Programming, designing and planning of health programmes and projects
- Represent the ministry in the donor and cluster meeting and conferences
- Support other departments in their planning and proper implementation
- Develop policies, strategies, system and action plans
- Ensuring harmonization health programmes and projects in collaboration with the technical departments in order to avoid duplication and waste
- Develop policies, strategies, systems and action point
- Ensuring that cross cutting issues in health sector are addressed by all departments and MDAs.
