- To affirm MoH commitment and support for the establishment, organisation, and management of an efficient, cost effective and sustainable public health institute.
- To strengthen public health services for supporting research, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, prevention, and control of diseases including public health emergency preparedness and responses.
- To establish national standards for quality public health management systems.
- To ensure the quality of health systems through an established quality monitoring system.
- To empower the development, implementation and monitoring of the National Public Health Strategic Plan.
- To ensure leadership commitment to providing the necessary resources towards research, public health emergency preparedness and response, and surveillance of important public health diseases.
- To commit to ethical values in laboratory practice, disease investigation, surveillance, adherence to professional codes of conduct and ethical research practices.
- To encourage public health research and collaboration to inform and improve the quality of health services.
- To ensure standardisation of equipment and supplies at all levels of care.
- To establish appropriate minimum requirements for the health system including laboratory designs for each level of care.