World Health Organization : Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Bureau Regional du Pacifique Occidental ; Year 2004, Report Series, Year 2003, Ge, No. 32 (Fij): Consultation on Essential Public Health Functions with Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Countries

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Title:	World Health Organization : Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Bureau Regional du Pacifique Occidental ; Year 2004, Report Series, Year 2003, Ge, No. 32 (Fij): Consultation on Essential Public Health Functions with Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Countries
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
SUMMARY The consultation meeting on Essential Public Health Functions, with participants from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island countries was conducted in Nadi, Fiji, from 8 to 11 December 2003 by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. The objectives of the meeting were: (1) to consider and discuss the nine proposed essential public health functions (EPHFs) developed for the Western Pacific Region, and the metlwds used to evaluate the functions in the three case-study countries; (2) to identify the types of guidelines, tools and indicators, based on essential public health functions, that would be useful to assist Member States to evaluate, monitor and strengthen their public health infrastructures and responsibilities; (3) to identify approaches to promote the reorientation of health professionals, managers, policy-makers and government institutions towards public health, in line with the development of essential public health functions; and (4) to discuss ways in which essential public health functions can more clearly define and strengthen the central role of the ministryldepartment of health.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 4 1. 1 Background information. ............................................................................................... 4 1.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Participants .................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Organization .................................................................................................................. 5 2.5 Opening remarks ........................................................................................................... 6 2 . PROCEEDINGS .................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Objective one ................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Objective two .............................................................................................................. 11 2.3 Objective three ............................................................................................................ 13 2.4 Objective four ............................................................................................................. -15 2.5 Public health competencies ..................................................................................... 1 8 3 . RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................................... 19