Development of EPHF Action Plan Belize 2024-2029

Defined as the actions needed to improve, promote, protect, and restore the health of the population, the essential public health functions (EPHFs) are fundamental for meeting the challenges currently facing public health.

Almost 20 years after Belize conducted a performance measurement of Essential Public Health Functions (EPHFs), the EPHFs were revised to make their application even more relevant to the changes that have been experienced in this region. Lessons learned in the region indicate that isolated measurements of EPHFs do not affect changes. However, the findings of EPHF assessments can inform positive changes in public health policies and practices.

The adoption of a renewed EPHF approach to improve the institutional capacities of the MoHW and Regional Health Authorities was proposed to ensure strong normative frameworks and institutional structures, transparency and accountability, and adequate availability of resources to guarantee equitable and universal access to quality health services and public health interventions.