Harare has committed to increase financing to healthcare through different existing and future policies including a sugar tax, a health levy, and a National Health Insurance.
- At a conference in Harare, the government announced it had raised $18million through a sugar tax and $10 million through a health levy.
- Zimbabwe is yet to meet the 15% allocations budget set in the Abuja Declaration.
- To improve service delivery, participants also emphasised on the need to shift from siloed approaches to consolidated management structures, implement cost-effective quality improvement initiatives, and identify and eliminate wastage.
“We will have periodical meetings between Treasury and the Ministry of Health and Child Care(MoHCC) to discuss major challenges facing the health sector, including budget utilisation, disbursements, cash support, as well as coming up with a minimum monthly health sector requirement to guide our cash flows,” Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Deputy Minister Kudakwashe Mnangagwa said on Tuesday.
The three-day national dialogue brought together policy makers, healthcare providers, civil society organisations, and international experts.
