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ASEAN Post-2015 Health Development Agenda  
 
1. Vision 
   A Healthy, Caring and Sustainable ASEAN Community  
2. Mission statement  
   To promote a healthy and caring ASEAN Community, where the people achieves 
maximal health potential through healthy lifestyle, have universal access to quality health 
care and financial risk protection; have safe food and healthy diet, live in a healthy 
environment with sustainable inclusive development where health is incorporated in all 
policies.  
3.  Clusters, goals and health priority issues for ASEAN Post-2015 Health 
Development Agenda 
With the upcoming changes in Post 2015, the ASEAN Community needs to prepare in 
response to future challenges. In order to succeed in the new health agenda; clustering, goal 
setting and lists of health priorities were applied for ASEAN Health Cooperation. 
Table 1 Clusters, goals and health priority issues  
Cluster  Goal 2020  Health priorities 
1. Promoting 
healthy lifestyle 
a) To achieve maximal health  potential 
of ASEAN Community through 
promoting healthy lifestyle 
b) To ensure healthy lives and promote 
wellbeing for all at all ages 
 
i.  Prevention and control of NCDs 
ii.  Reduction of tobacco consumption 
and harmful use of alcohol 
iii.  Prevention of injuries 
iv.  Promotion of occupational health 
v.  Promotion of mental health 
vi.  Promotion of healthy and active 
ageing 
vii.  Promotion of good nutrition and 
healthy diet 
2.  Responding to 
all hazards and 
emerging threats 
a) To promote resilient health system in 
response to communicable diseases, 
emerging infectious diseases, and 
neglected tropical diseases  
b) To respond to environmental health 
threats, hazards and disaster, and to  
ensure effective preparedness for 
disaster  health management in the 
region 
viii.  Prevention and control of 
communicable diseases, emerging 
infectious diseases and neglected 
tropical diseases  
ix.  Strengthening laboratory capacity  
x.  Combating antimicrobial resistance(A
xi.  Environmental health and health 
impact assessment (HIA) 
xii.  Disaster Health Management  
3. Strengthening 
health system 
and access to 
care 
a) ASEAN Community has universal 
access to[essential]health care, safe 
and good quality medical products 
including traditional and complementary 
medicines 
b) To achieve the unfinished health 
related MDGs, in light of the SDG 
xiii. Traditional Medicine 
xiv. Health related MDGs (4, 5, 6) 
xv.  Universal health coverage (UHC) 
xvi. Migrants’ health 
xvii. Pharmaceutical development 
xviii.  Human Resources Development 
xix. Health Financing 
4. Ensuring food 
safety 
 a) To promote access to safe food, 
safe drinking water and sanitation 
xx. Food safety 
* For Health Cluster 4.a --- any initiatives directly addressing safe drinking water and sanitation will be implemented under 
Health Priority Environmental Health and Health Impact Assessment under Health Cluster 2 Responding to all hazards and 
emerging threats