Zimbabwe: Higher Budget Still Falls Short On Health Care Goals

19 December 2017

Set against the context of acute shortage of materials, medicine and manpower, a health budget of $486 million may not be enough to put the country's health services in a position to deliver quality service to most of its patients. Even though, this allocation announced in the 2017-2018 estimates of expenditure, still represents a significant amount compared to what other line ministries got.

Health care lobbyists say it may not result in substantial improvement to what is now being described as a dire health-care service unable to cope with the daily demands of the population. Hopes were high that the shift into a new political dispensation would channel more resources into the health sector to firmly put the country on a pro-poor, inclusive and sustainable development path.

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