Republic of Cyprus Second Voluntary National Report - Sustainable development goals

51 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES Access to Healthcare for All— General Health System (GHS) • A comprehensive and financially sustainable national healthcare system was implemented in June 2020 aimed at providing all Cypriot citizens equal access to treatment and high- quality healthcare by using, in the best possible way, all available resources. • The GHS more effectively formalises both public and private sector resources, resulting in market formalisation, reduction of inequalities in healthcare through equal treatment of beneficiaries, better control in health spending and better use of resources, improvement of quality in health care, among others, through competition, reduction of out-of-pocket payments and economic protection of the population from illness, while also creating transparency in the health care sector. Copingwith chronic diseases (HIV, Malaria, TB) • Efforts to deal with Chronic Diseases including those affecting immigrants. • National Strategic Plans are in place to cope with mainly imported cases. • National Committees are responsible for their implementation and the management of the dedicated budget. Ensure Healthy Lives – Environmental Factors • Air Quality: Prevention, reduction, and control of air pollution from industrial installations achieved by: – the licensing of industrial installations and the monitoring of their operation, and – ongoing monitoring, assessment, and management of air quality due to climate change and the arrival of dust molecules from the desert. • Monitoring and control of hazardous chemical products which are manufactured, imported, exported, used and placed on the market of Cyprus.