LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH STRATEGY 2020 AT LOCAL LEVEL
LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH STRATEGY 2020 AT LOCAL LEVEL

Summary/Abstract: The Government of the Republic of Macedonia adopted the National Health 2020 Strategy, which aims at improving health and well-being of all citizens and scopes, among other, activities for health at community level. This analysis aims at supporting the process of implementation of the Strategy at a local level through development of local health plans. This paper attempts to map the legal opportunities and policies for involving local self-government and other local-level institutions and their existing structures in the implementation of the National Health 2020 Strategy. It therefore grasps toward achieving common understanding of the Strategy and its implementation on a local level, through inspecting the potentials and challenges in implementing the National Health 2020 Strategy and its Operational Plan at a local level; and defining the elements of intersectoral operational plans for health and well-being at a local level (process, actions, time frame, institutions responsible for implementation of the NHS 2020 at a local level). The result of the analysis is expected to contribute toward understanding and identifying opportunities and needs at local level for implementation of NHS 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals through development of local health and well-being plans, in line with the national development agenda.

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