Health gets second largest share :: Mmegi Online

Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, says government will continue to pursue avenues to improve the standard of health by continuously reviewing policies and processes of delivering quality health in the country.

Delivering the budget speech for 2016/17 financial year yesterday, Matambo announced that the Ministry of Health will receive the second largest share of the proposed recurrent budget of P5.75 billion or 15.5 percent of the total, a slight increase from P5.67 billion from the 2015/16 budget.

He explained that the budget will cover the cost of drugs, dressings and vaccines, service charges, anti-retroviral therapy, replacement of obsolete medical equipment, medical specialists’ fees, running costs for the new Teaching Hospital, and the establishment of the Medicine Regulatory Authority, among others.

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Health gets second largest share

Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, says government will continue to pursue avenues to improve the standard of health by continuously reviewing policies and processes of delivering quality health in the country.

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