Launch of the Essential Health Care Package and Supporting Documents
Swaziland, Mbabane— 22nd February 2012—The Hon. Minister for Health Mr Benedict Xaba today officially launched the Essential Health Care Package. In the presence of the WHO country Representative Dr. Owen Kaluwa, and other representatives from development partners, senior government officials, members of parliament's two Health Portfolio Committees, the regional health management committees, and other health sector stakeholders, the Hon. Minister further commissioned all health workers to ensure a continued smooth implementation of the Essential Health Care Package for optimum health outcomes in Swaziland.
The Essential Health Care Package is generally considered as a critical set of most cost effective, affordable, and acceptable inter-ventions for addressing health conditions, diseases associated factors that are responsible for the greater part of the disease burden of a given community.