| | HEALTH MINISTER OUTLINES VISION FOR SECTOR |
 | | Minister of Health, John Junor has said that the government’s vision for the sector was one in which the system was client-centred, providing guaranteed access to quality health care for every person at reasonable costs, and taking into account the vulnerable among the country’s population. |
 | | He explained that the vision “is based on the concept of individuals taking responsibility for their own health and adopting healthy lifestyle habits, within a clean, healthy environment, where families and communities actively participate and are integrated into the system of health”. |
 | | To achieve the objective of an improved health sector, Minister Junor told members of the House that “our collective goal must be to have individuals who can make responsible and reasonable choices on issues that affect their lives, regardless of whether it is health, education, economic pursuit or recreation”. |
| www.jis.gov.jm /special_sections/budgetDebates2005/healthMinisterOutlines.html (536 words) |