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| MAMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING |
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| Memorandum of Understanding |
This Memorandum of Understanding is between
Heartfile, the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization
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Developing a Health Policy scaffold based on the Gateway Paper's approach to health systems
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This MOU builds further on the Ministry of Health and WHO's membership in the Heartfile-hosted Health Policy Think Tank/Forum and their participation in its recent strategic deliberations.
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The context of this stems from the first publication of Pakistan's Health Policy Think Tank/Forum - the Gateway Paper entitled "Health Systems in Pakistan: a Way Forward" and the strategy articulated therein, which has been recognized as a model for developing a new National Health Policy. It is envisaged that in addition to the health systems dimension and expanding health to an inter-sectoral scope, this will also clarify federal, provincial, and district level roles, responsibilities and prerogatives in health care delivery.
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Within this context, the objective of this MOU is to develop a partnership between Heartfile, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization to develop a National Health Policy based on the Gateway Papers approach to health systems.
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The roles and responsibilities of the partners are articulated hereunder:
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| Heartfile will: |
- Take a lead role in the process of developing the Gateway Health Policy Scaffold; assume responsibility for analysis and interpretation and the articulation of a policy framework linking-in with the Gateway Paper approach to health systems;
- utilize its secretariat to logistically support this process;
- solicit inputs from members of the Health Policy Think Tank/Forum; and
- authorize use of Heartfile and Pakistan's Health Policy Forums logos on approved materials.
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| The Ministry of Health will: |
- Anchor the process of institutionalizing the Gateway Health Policy once developed and garner institutional support for the new policy;
- as appropriate, co-host meetings, participate in the consultative process and solicit participation and concurrence of stakeholders and provide logistic support to this activity;
- authorize use of logo(s) on approved materials.
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| World Health Organization will: |
- Play the role of a neutral intermediary and provide technical inputs to the consultative process;
- provide logistic support to this activity as mutually acceptable; and
- authorize use of logo(s) on approved materials.
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President Heartfile commits to contributing time voluntarily to anchor this process in national interest.
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| This MOU also expresses the intent of the partners to engage in mutually synergistic activities to advance the common cause of improving health outcomes on a long term basis, as may be mutually agreed. |
| In witness whereof, this MOU is signed the day and year first above written Dr. Sania Nishtar
For Heartfile | Dr Ashfaq Ahmed
For the Ministry of Health | Dr. Khalif Bile Mohamud
For the World Health Organization | | |
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