Programme Horizontal Issues. Environmental aspects of the Programme The Programme activities implementation and the Programme outcomes will have positive impact on the environment and sustainable development: the medical equipment to be procured will be clean and safe in terms of its environmental performance and it will use energy in an efficient way, new vehicles will conform to the norms set on the emissions of exhaust fumes, repair works will be carried out effectively using environmentally friendly technologies and materials. Social and economical aspects of the Programme The Programme will enable health care institutions to continue improving the accessibility and quality of inpatient perinatal and neonatal health care services, which in turn will reduce the gap between the periphery and urban areas and ensure the sustainability of health care services. Timely provision of high quality health care services to pregnant, delivering women and neonates in the long-term perspective will translate into better health, working capacity and life quality of the Lithuanian population and a longer life expectancy in the country. Healthy population paying taxes is one of the key factors contributing to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product. Moreover, better health of the citizens presupposes their successful integration into the labour market, which eventually means that the State will be relieved from the burden of paying social benefits and/or incapacity pensions. Contribution to the socially and economically sustainable development of the country will be ensured during the Programme implementation. Usage of financial support and new orders for repair works will have positive impact on companies operating in Lithuanian construction sector and other related sectors. The whole Lithuanian economy will be impacted positively because of tax payments and additional job- creation. Gender equality The improved infrastructure of the Lithuanian health care institutions providing perinatal and neonatal health care services will ensure equal accessibility and quality of the services to all patients irrespective of their gender, religion or other discriminative factors and the observance of the key principle whereby the only criterion for providing health care services shall be the need for such services. Health care specialists engaged in the provision of obstetric and neonatal services will take part in professional competence improvement activities irrespective of their gender, religion or other ...
Programme Horizontal Issues. Environmental aspects of the Programme The Programme is expected to have a positive environmental impact, as the implementation of energy efficient technologies at the Lithuanian hospitals, providing perinatal and neonatal health care services, will reduce the demand for energy resources in these institutions. The implementation of measures improving thermal insulation of buildings and the upgrade of engineering systems will lead to lower consumption of heat and electricity. Lower consumption of energy in turn will lower the consumption of natural resources and reduce the volumes of CO2 emitted during the process of energy production. Subsequently, this will mitigate the negative impact on human health, as energy saving is obviously the most effective and economic way of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases and improving the quality of ambient air. Therefore, the activities of the Programme will contribute to the implementation of the measures envisaged in the Kyoto Protocol and the Energy Charter Protocol and aimed at the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions. More efficient use of energy and the implementation of the respective environmental measures will reduce the atmospheric pollution and hence mitigate the negative impact on human health. Social and economical aspects of the Programme The Programme is expected to bring social benefits to the public at large through the creation of better and safer treatment conditions for patients and better working conditions for health care staff. This in turn will have a positive impact on human health and help to reduce morbidity and mortality rates both for today’s society and future generations. Human health represents an indispensable element of the national social welfare. With respect to the economic aspect, the major focus will be placed on ensuring the sustainability of the Programme and its economic benefits. The implementation of Programme will make it possible for health care institutions providing perinatal and neonatal health care services to reduce the costs of building maintenance and invest hence produced savings into a further upgrade of the infrastructure. The implementation of this Programme will bring the following economic benefits to Lithuania and its people: reduced costs of energy at health care institutions and reduced costs of subsequent treatment (both in the short-term perspective and in the long run) due to provision of high quality perinatal and neonatal health care ...
