DHA paces up ‘Dubai Health Strategy’ programme

Dubai / Emirates Business

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that the Authority put in place an office for organizational transformation, a strategy council and
appointed 15 leaders from the public and private sector to
felicitate the execution of the Dubai Health Strategy 2016-2021.
His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority said the aim of the Authority is to ensure smooth implementation of the strategy and to see its successful completion by 2021. “In order to achieve this, we have put in place an executive office for organizational transformation, a strategy council and appointed leaders from the public and private sector to oversee the implementation of the 15 programs of the strategy.”
Al Qatami said: “The strategy is extremely comprehensive, is in line with international best practices and was chalked out after a clear understanding of the gaps and strengths of the current health sector in Dubai. It has 15 programmes and under these 15 programmes we have 98 initiatives which we have divided into three waves- immediate, medium and long-term. As and when the initiatives are implemented, we will begin to see its positive impact on patients, healthcare professionals, facilities and the overall health sector in Dubai.”
Al Qatami added that the strategy was designed after extensive stakeholder engagement including feedback and suggestions from 13,000 DHA staff members, the private sector, the public through social media channels and local governmental authorities.
Some of the key features of the strategy are the focus on prevention and healthy lifestyle, public health and safety, primary care, chronic disease management, private and public partnership and investment, improve governance of the health sector and medical tourism.
The updated strategy aligns with Dubai strategic plan 2021, the national UAE plan, key stakeholders as well as
addresses evolving external
environment matters.