The Project’s vision of healthcare for the poor is founded on 5 key principles:

1. Responsible – People should be enabled to take responsibility for their own healthcare. All healthcare provision must be sustainable within the ability to pay of a population.

2. Empowering – People should have control over what is appropriate healthcare for them. Therefore, healthcare choices should be governed by the people.

3. Accessible – Healthcare provision that is owned and managed by the people should be accessible to the people, geographically and financially.

4. Community – Healthcare can only be effectively provided and managed through a community effort.

5. Healthcare – Poor health is one of the major barriers to overcoming poverty, and provision of healthcare services is fundamental to poverty reduction.

• Raising the general quality of healthcare provision

• Decreasing debt burden and reducing need for credit

• Increasing productivity and wealth creation

• Healthcare education and prevention

• Linking healthcare to wider public issues, e.g. clean drinking water.