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Strategies

The government will work to improve nutrition and health, ensure availability of
lifelong learning opportunities for all, and increase income-earning ability of the
workforce.

The following strategies will be implemented to improve nutrition and health for
all:

To guarantee care at all life stages
• Provide quality nutrition and health care interventions at all life stages.
• Improve health-seeking behavior of the citizens, especially the most
vulnerable.

To ensure access through functional service delivery
• Ensure functional and efficient networks of health care providers.
• Upgrade and equip health facilities, and improve human resources for
health.

To sustain health financing
• Expand health insurance coverage and improve benefit packages.

Cross-cutting strategies for health
• Invest in e-Health and data collection mechanisms for decision making to
address data gaps.
• Elicit multisector, multistakeholder support for nutrition and health.

To create a globally-competitive knowledge economy, citizens must be provided with
access to lifelong learning opportunities. These opportunities will be extended even
to the vulnerable sectors and those who cannot be reached by formal education. The
following strategies will be implemented to ensure lifelong learning opportunities
for all:

To achieve quality accessible, relevant, and liberating basic education for all
• Strengthen early childhood care and development programs.
• Pursue full implementation of the K to 12 program.
• Strengthen the inclusion programs to reach stakeholders outside the
formal education system.
• Develop and improve interventions to keep children in school.
• Continue curricular reforms.
• Enhance teacher competencies.

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