This national health development plan for Sao Tome and Principe covers the period from 2023 to 2032 and is entitled ” More and better health for all.
Towards universal health coverage ».
The plan derives its legal basis from the Constitution of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2003), Article 50.o of which states that “Everyone has the right to the protection of his or her health and the duty to defend it. It is the responsibility of the State to promote public health, the objective of which is the physical and mental well-being of the population and its balanced integration into the socio-ecological environment in which it lives, in accordance with the national health system”.