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Chapter 32 - Integrating Essential Public Health Functions in Health Systems

Ensuring Health Security

from Section 2 - Transforming Health Systems: Confronting Challenges, Seizing Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

By
Jose M. Martin-Moreno ,
Beatriz Lobo-Valbuena  and
Alejandro Martin-Gorgojo
Edited by
Sameen Siddiqi ,
Awad Mataria ,
Katherine D. Rouleau  and
Meesha Iqbal
Sameen Siddiqi
Affiliation:
Aga Khan University
Awad Mataria
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Egypt
Katherine D. Rouleau
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Meesha Iqbal
Affiliation:
UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston
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Summary

Essential public health functions (EPHF) are primary responsibility of the state and are fundamental for achieving public health goals through collective action. There are several EPHF frameworks that have core and enabling functions, which should be integrated within health systems. The preferred approach is to identify the framework that best suits the local context. International Health Regulation (IHR) are legally binding set of regulations meant to prevent international spread of diseases and are closely related to EPHF. EPHF focus on building capacity for public health nationally, while IHR respond to the obligations of public health globally. This Chapter makes a case for investing in public health as an obligation and an ethical and moral imperative of governments in every country by ensuring well performing EPHF and IHR.

Keywords

Public HealthPublic Health InterventionsInternational Health Regulations (IHR)Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF)Health SystemsHealth securityCore EPHFEnabling EPHFPopulation healthEPHF assessment toolsPreventionPromotionSurveillanceProtectionEmergency preparednessCoverageL&MIC
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Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries
Textbook for Public Health Practitioners
 , pp. 496 - 510
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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