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Official health statistics show that the Romanian health system is still facing important challenges with some of the worst indicators across the European Union. These figures include a particular mix of morbidity and mortality indicators that are on one hand specific to developed countries such as high mortality by chronic diseases, and on the other hand, indicators specific to developing countries including the resurgence of infectious diseases like tuberculosis and sexually transmissible diseases and lack of basic medical services such as primary and community care especially in rural and remote areas. The National Health Strategy 2014-2020 propose measures to reverse the pyramid of services and to gradually ensure wider coverage of the population health needs through the services at the foundation of the system. The Strategy particularly focuses on strengthening community care, primary care, and specialized ambulatory care.
The project is aiming to strengthen primary healthcare (including community care) in order to bring the health services, close to the people in need, the especially vulnerable population living in rural areas. This way, the project will try to reach, as much as possible, the general goal of obtaining universal access to healthcare and reducing the social inequalities in health with emphasis on the health status of vulnerable population (including the Roma population). The project in implemented by the National Institute of Public Health in partnership with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the Norwegian Directorate of Health, the National Institute for Maternal and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” and the World Health Organization. The project will explore the best practices and knowledge of the Norway partners in order to be adjusted for Romania. This collaboration will contribute to programme objective on bilateral relations to strengthen and extending the collaboration between Beneficiary State and Norway.