The health sector had also been accorded priority.

Women's involvement in the formal sector has mainly been urban based, mostly as civil servants in the health and education sectors.

The health and sanitation sector is also in dire straits.

The Health Bureau will continue to maintain close contact with the national and adjacent regional health sectors, and the World Health Organization, as well as closely monitoring the situation from place and place and Macao.

Represented by the Ministry of Health, the government health sector provides preventive health services and treatment to citizens, without discrimination.

The agencies for food hygiene supervision set up by the administrative departments of railways and communications shall exercise their functions and duties for food hygiene supervision jointly prescribed by the administrative departments of public health under the State Council and other relevant departments under the State Council.

For example, the Minister of Health noted that his ministry had to compete with the NGO sector for staff.

(a) Investment in the water and sanitation sector

A technical cooperation programme document for the health sector has also been prepared through the collaboration of the Ministry of Health, WHO and UNDP.

b Doctors of all grades in the Department of Health Services.

Extension of the substantive and financial assistance provided by the Health Department for the benefit of local communities and non governmental organizations,

282. Disposal of refuse is a function of the local bodies, being supervised by the Medical Officer of Health Divisional Director of Health Services of the area.

(b) GPR No. 7 of 30 October 1992 concerning the management and organization of the health sector contains overall guidelines for the organization and structure of the health sector, including parliamentary monitoring of the health sector.

National Health Policy 2001, The way forward, Agenda for Health Sector Reform.

244. Human resources development in the health sector.

Health is one of the social sectors that is directly dependent on others, and especially on the economy.

Article 15 If the State has not formulated hygiene standards for a certain food, the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities directly under the Central Government may establish local hygiene standards for that food and report them to the administrative department of public health under the State Council and the competent standardization administration department under the State Council for the record.

Veterinary hygiene inspection procedures for slaughtered livestock and poultry shall be formulated jointly by the relevant administrative departments under the State Council and the administrative department of public health under the State Council.

The Health Bureau said that according to the latest notification of mainland health sectors, one human case of infection with H5N6 avian influenza has been confirmed in Guangdong Province.

D. Lessons to be drawn from the health services sector for the development of capacity and expanding exports of services in other sectors

112. With WHO technical assistance, the Ministry of Health has started a programme aimed at reforming the sector.

Such supervisors shall be qualified professionals and issued with such certificates by the administrative departments of public health at the corresponding levels.

In the absence of the national hygiene standards for such imports, the importer must provide the hygiene evaluation data prepared by the health authorities or organization of the exporting country (region) to the frontier agencies for hygiene supervision and inspection of imported food for examination and inspection and such data shall also be reported to the administrative department of public health under the State Council for approval.

Article 29 The administrative departments of industry and commerce shall be responsible for the control of food hygiene on urban and rural markets the administrative departments of public health shall be responsible for the supervision and inspection of food hygiene.

However, the corollary notion that non health sector actions are also needed to successfully achieve health sector objectives is not always equally well appreciated.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR spearheaded the Inter Agency Health Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises Initiative, which comprise sectorwide evaluations that examine the collective impact of health sector interventions.

Article 35 Food hygiene supervisors shall carry out the tasks assigned to them by the administrative department of public health.

Article 32 The administrative departments of public health of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall exercise their functions and duties for food hygiene supervision within the scope of their jurisdiction.

The question of regulation of the health sector is more relevant where government is not the sole provider.

The modern healthcare sector has totally collapsed.

Article 3 The administrative department of public health under the State Council shall be in charge of supervision and control of food hygiene throughout the country.

1.134 Partnerships for health will have been enhanced with major stakeholders including UN specialized organizations, public health departments of host authorities, local and intergovernmental organizations and research institutions for streamlining strategies, aligning practical aspects of health policy and enhancing programme analysis and evaluation capacity.

The health sector bears the greatest brunt of the 14 years armed conflict in Liberia.

Collaborating with local private sector and developing bioprospecting industries.

The administrative department of public health of a local people's government at or above the county level shall, upon receipt of such report, conduct prompt investigation and handle the matter and adopt control measures.

Participants noted recent trends that pointed to a rise in the level of local private sector participation, including investments in water supply and sanitation services.

Other examples of the impact of the embargo on this sector include

(c) Committee on Earth Observation Satellites and the private sector

WHO advocated strongly for the cause of HSR with all interested partners and provided technical support to the Ministry of Health.

76. In the year under review, WHO provided technical and material assistance to the Palestinian Authority and to other institutions involved in the health sector.

All problems in the health sector may be brought down to those that result from health conditions, dissatisfaction of the participants in the systems, and financial issues.

They also cooperate with Local Agencies that provide social services and implement similar programmes, as well as with Health Units.

Diarrhoeal disease is best tackled, for example, through preventive and curative interventions involving inputs from the health, education, nutrition and WASH sectors.

Road traffic accidents have generated enormous economic cost and placed a heavy burden on national health services, particularly those of developing countries.

Such an approach should be reflected in close cooperation between law enforcement and the health sector the public and the private sector law enforcement agencies and the chemical industry and the authorities and drug users, to achieve a change in their attitudes.