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Major Health Sector Reforms Timeline

The document outlines major developments in Tanzania's health sector reforms from 1990 to 2009, including the establishment of the first national health policy in 1990, agreement to enter a Sector Wide Approach program in health in 1998, and the implementation of the third Health Sector Strategic Plan from 2009. Key reforms focused on expanding access to essential health services, establishing national health insurance, and improving health infrastructure and human resources. The timeline shows Tanzania's ongoing efforts over two decades to strengthen its health system through collaborative policy changes and programs.

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Major Health Sector Reforms Timeline

The document outlines major developments in Tanzania's health sector reforms from 1990 to 2009, including the establishment of the first national health policy in 1990, agreement to enter a Sector Wide Approach program in health in 1998, and the implementation of the third Health Sector Strategic Plan from 2009. Key reforms focused on expanding access to essential health services, establishing national health insurance, and improving health infrastructure and human resources. The timeline shows Tanzania's ongoing efforts over two decades to strengthen its health system through collaborative policy changes and programs.

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THDR 2014: Background Paper No.

8, ESRF Discussion Paper 62


Table 1: Health sector reforms: Summary of major developments
in the health sector
1990 - The First National Health Policy
1991 - The Liberalization of Private Health Care Provision
1993 - Government/Development Partners Appraisal Mission on the
Health Sector
1994 - Proposal for Health Sector Reform Agreement to Enter a SWAP
programme in Health
1998 - Agreement to enter a SWAP programme in Health
1999 - Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) identifies health as a priority
1999 - Health Sector Reform Program of Work (1999 – 2002)
1999 - Comprehensive Community Health Plans (CHP) Introduced
1999 - Health Basket Fund Introduced
2000 - National Package of Essential Health Interventions Approved
2002 - National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Established
2003 - Health Sector Strategic Plan 2 (HSSP2)
2004 - Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme
2005 - Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project (TEHIP) tool rolled
out
2006 - Joint Assistance Strategy for Tanzania
2007 - The National Health Policy 2007
2008 - Human Resources Strategic Plan
2009 - Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP III)
Source: COWI et al. 2007; MOHSW
that way, health care reform means better care for everyone. Other provisions of the Affordable Care
Act help people get health insurance who couldn't before. They also help make coverage more
affordable.

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