MoH budget shoots up by 18.3%
Friday, March 14, 2014
Making the presentation in Parliament on Wednesday, the minister asked for an additional P806,871,360 or 18.3 percent of this year’s recurrent budget, bringing the ministry’s proposed recurrent budget to a total of P5,223,221,960.
Dr Seakgosing said that the increase is motivated by a number of factors such as the approval of the proposed positions for the teaching hospital and IHS output, increase in employer portion of medical aid premiums, maintenance of health facilities buildings and equipment, provision for ARV therapy first line drug and replacement of some boarded vehicles.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...