Maputo — The group of donors who support the Mozambican Health Ministry have expressed alarm at the reduction in the proportion of the state budget allocated to health care.
Speaking on behalf of the donors at a meeting on Thursday of the Joint Coordinating Committee between the Health Ministry and its partners, Marc Gerritsen of the Dutch Embassy said the fall in the Health Ministry's share of the budget meant that "instead of foreign funds being considered as additional to the efforts of Mozambique to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Health, they are replacing internal contributions."
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