​- Ten-Year Plan, Post-Conflict and implementation of the new Comprehensive Care Model were the items on the agenda

Bogotá, DC, April 13, 2016. The second dialogue meeting between the UN system and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection aimed to progress in the implementation of the joint international cooperation agenda within the framework of the sector challenges of the National Development Plan and priorities within a Post-Conflict scenario.

 The main outcome was the agreement to conduct a pilot interagency coordination exercise in the Province of Nariño that aims to: align international cooperation, promote synergies, avoid duplication and respond to neglected priorities, in order to enhance the impact of cooperation.

 The intervention of the Deputy Minister of Public Health and Health Services Delivery, Fernando Ruiz, focused on three main points: the territorial development of the 2012-2021 Ten-Year Public Health Plan; health interventions in a possible post-conflict scenario and the implementation of the Comprehensive Health Care Model (MIAS).

 The Deputy Minister said “these three aspects will be key for the transformation of the Colombian health system. The center is the patient, as stipulated in statutory law, so that all actions allow a more caring vision of the system.” He also emphasized that the development of MIAS is traceable in a post-conflict scenario, with specific developments, when the demobilization zones are defined. “This inter-sector planning will allow reaching the territories in a coordinated fashion, promoting the Comprehensive Health Care Model, the primary challenge of which is implementation,” he said.

 The meeting, led by the Office of Cooperation and International Relations of the Ministry, was attended by delegates of the agencies of the United Nations System (the Office of the Resident Coordinator, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, IOM, FAO UNODC, WFP and UNDP); representatives of the Presidential Agency for International Cooperation - APC Colombia, the Ministry of Post-Conflict and the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace. It also featured the virtual participation of the Director of the Nariño Province Health Institute.