Zimbabwe: Health Budget a Drop in the Ocean, Say Experts

THE $5.2 trillion allocated to the country's ailing health sector in the 2006 National Budget announced last week is just not enough to improve deteriorating conditions in the sector, experts have said.

For the first time in a number of years, the health sector got priority over other key ministries such as defence, claiming at least 12 percent of the total budget expenditure. The defence ministry has traditionally received top priority in budget allocations. However, critics maintain that more could be done for the country's ailing health sector.

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