Health Systems Services Profile St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Abstract

The National Strategic Health Plan 2007-2012 articulates the strategic direction for the reform and the primary care orientation is the framework for organizing the health system. The national health priorities seek to address: inadequate management capacity; inadequate data; availability, sustainability, and utilization of human resources; noncommunicable diseases; communicable diseases; inadequate utilization of health service delivery; health care financing and management; food and nutrition security; environmental and population concerns; infant and perinatal mortality; social issues; and level and quality of care for the population. Several challenges exist for accelerating the rate of pace for a sustainable health care delivery system. The Millennium Development Goals, the Essential Public Health Functions, and the Caribbean Cooperation in Health, Phase II provide the context and timeline to benchmark progress and reevaluate development strategies in the health sector.