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Treasury Disbursed Only One-third Of Health Ministry's Budget Allocation

2 years agoWed, 26 Oct 2022 07:30:26 GMT

Treasury Disbursed Only One-third Of Health Ministry's Budget Allocation

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development released only one-third of the funds allocated to the Ministry of Health and Childcare in the 2022 national budget.

This was revealed by the Health Minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while addressing a 2023 Parliament pre-budget seminar in Harare on Monday.

Chiwenga said the underfunding of the health sector resulted in his ministry managing to procure only 14% of the required medicines. He said:

The 2022 annual budget for medicines and health facilities was $15 billion, and only $5 billion was released.
The comment from the public was that people were failing to access the most basic services, and their major concern was the need for critical equipment and services such as maternity.
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The year 2022 faced cash challenges and this led to the inadequacy of critical medical supplies.
However, with the funds that we have availed, 14% of the required medicines were procured.
… The ministry takes note of the state of the infrastructure at some of the health institutions.
To address this, the ministry was allocated $18 billion, however, only 2,8 billion was disbursed.
I want to clarify this, for the health posts, we should have 1 700 ward-based health facilities if we are to give attention in terms of healthcare to every Zimbabwean.

Zimbabwe’s per capita (per person) spending on health is said to have dropped from US$45 in 2021 to US$20 this year.

The World Health Organisation recommends a per capita health expenditure of at least US$84 per year.

Meanwhile, Zambia’s 2022 per capita spending on health is US$85, South Africa (US$570 per person), and Malawi (US$35). | NewsDay

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11 Comments

juru · 2 years ago

mukadzi wangu Olivia sorry ndakakutadzira.

Vote CCC · 2 years ago

An incompetent and disgraceful government. All they can do is to lie to the people.

mtoriro · 2 years ago

Hantie u budget Mari iripo so inozotadza sei kubuditswa and iye sa VP akatadza kuvhurumutsa Mutuvi Ncube kuti aiite action

General Hercules · 2 years ago

Only Evelyn Ndlovu the minister of Education is saying all is well in her ministry.This shows tht any ministrr from Matabeleland is a coward.Puppet ministers

Anglebert Tinashe Chilimanzi · 2 years ago

👍👍👍

Anonymous · 2 years ago

This professor must be brought to book. He is a murderer vanhu vakawanda vakafa muzvipatara umu nekuda kwekushaya mishonga yet akadya mari yebudget

teacher · 2 years ago

ku nursing kutori nani varikutombo piwa kamari Kane musoro mbichana

MHisBlessed · 2 years ago

The looting continues. If the VP says he hasn't been given enough funds to do his job as Min of Health...that says a lot. Am sure he got tired of being seen as incompetent because if he can't run a ministry , how can he run a whole country when his time comes.

Anonymous · 2 years ago

He is incapacitated and being frustrated. Maybe if he becomes president, he will remove all those barriers to ministries getting their allocations on time. Also, l think this guy has been demonised excessively over Mary's case. There is something he and she and the top brass knows about what she is being accused of that we don't know. Why would non of the top government officials not attempt come through for her if she was clean🤔

Chimusoro change · 2 years ago

And that Muthuli was busy telling us that there was budget surplus throughout the year..... Where is that surplus when the ministry of health is said to have only allocated less than half of the intended amount.....

Kakistocracy🤣Muchakaka · 2 years ago

Thank you VP CGDN Chiwenga, our Commander Of Health for that. You are exposing Professor Vostro Ncube and Doctor Nostro Mangudya as well as the whole government's misplaced priorities vanhu VACHIKAKA nekufa with simple treatable sicknesses in our delapidated health care facilities. Right now, because of their need to secure favours with security service chiefs, we are going to see the ministry of finance heeding Oppah Muchinguri's call to do more for the army. This is despite the fact that public health and the state of our health care facility must be a priority especially now. We need well stocked and stuffed health facilities. Just as we also need well equiped and paid civil servants across the board. This New Deception makes it appear as though it is doing a great job by publicly giving budget allocations without disbursing the funds-lip service. We need a functioning economy and an environment that allows even vendors to thrive. Pamberi neGolden Future. Pamberi neCCC inotungamirirwa naVaChamisa. Imi zvigure, udzanai udzanai kumusangano wenyu ikoko kuti maZimbabweans AKAKA nekuda kwedu and do the wise.

kujata jata · 2 years ago

still they are earning better than the rest of civil service. continue improving conditions of service