Subsection 1: Definition of the national health strategy

The national health strategy is defined by decree for a period not exceeding ten years. This decree specifies the priority areas for action and the objectives for improving health and social protection against the consequences of illness, accident and disability, pursued by the national health strategy. It includes provisions relating to the priorities of children’s health policy. This strategy is drawn up on the basis of an analysis of the…

I.-The national health strategy is implemented by operational plans and programmes of national scope, defined or revised by order of the Minister for Health and, where appropriate, the other minister(s) concerned, as well as by the regional health projects referred to in article L. 1434-1. These plans, programmes and projects constitute the framework, at national and regional level, for action by the State and its establishments on health determinants and…