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»» Allocations to the health sector have grown by the advantage of development spending (these are
65 per cent in terms of budgeted amounts (FYs 71.4 and 28.6 per cent respectively in FY 2015/16).
2012/13–2015/16) and by 29 per cent in terms of Actual spending on preventive care has gradually
actual spending (FYs 2012/13–2014/15). Health outpaced curative services over the past five years.
spending per capita has increased accordingly. The share of decentralised health sector resources
averaged 43 per cent over the period.
»» Health sector spending as a share of the entire state
expenditure has slightly increased from 6.3 per cent »» Foreign resources account for over one third of
in FY 2012/13 to 6.6 per cent in FY 2014/15 (while total spending, far above the averages for sub-
declining if budgeted amounts are considered), as Saharan Africa and lower middle countries.
well as a share of GDP, reaching 3.5 per cent in FY
2015/16. »» Several challenges persist, ranging from insufficient
budgetary allocations to the Health Sector Strategic
»» Moreover, the health sector is third, lagging Plan, inequitable sub-national allocations, the
behind education and infrastructure sectors, when recent significant decline in transfers to hospitals,
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it comes to sectoral shares of the overall national and geographic variations in budget execution
budget. It has less than half of the budget share of rates.
the education sector.
»» In terms of sector performance, while significant
»» The budget execution rate of the sector has been progress has been made in reducing child mortality,
relatively good, averaging 91.7 per cent. The share neonatal and maternal mortality remain high, as
of the recurrent budget has been on the decline to well as sub-national inequities.
Figure 1 Framework of strategic plans
1. How is the health sector
guiding the health sector
def ined and guided?
2021 2025 2030
For budgetary purposes, the health sector includes
expenditures by the former Ministry of Health and Social Sustainable Development Goals
Welfare — now called the Ministry of Health, Community Tanzania Development Vision (2025)
Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC),
Big Results Now
and health-related expenditures of the President’s Office
for Regional Administration and Local Government (PO- National Community Based Health
Strategy (2015–2020)
RALG), previously located under the Prime Minister’s
Office. It also covers spending by the National Health Primary Health Services
Insurance Fund (NHIF) and the Tanzania Commission for Development Programme
(2007–2017)
AIDS (TACAIDS).
The health sector operates at both national and sub- National Multi-Sectoral Strategy for
HIV/AIDS (2015–2020)
national levels based on a decentralised approach
introduced in 2001. Core responsibilities lie with Health Sector Strategy Plan IV
(2015–2020)
MoHCDGEC and PO-RALG. The former coordinates overall
planning, financing and monitoring, whereas local level The Third Health Sector HIV/AIDS
planning and service delivery are delegated to local Strategic Plan (2013–2017)
governments under PO-RALG.
At the sub-national level, there are regional and council
health services, with the latter consisting of public, private 2. What trends emerge from
or faith-based organisation-owned dispensaries, health
centres, district hospitals and other hospitals. Regional the health sector budget?
health services comprise of regional referral hospitals
while national-level services consist of specialized and
consultant hospitals. The overall state budget has been expanding
The National Health Policy was first launched in 1990 at a nominal annual average rate of 19.5 per
and updated in 2007. The sector is guided by the Health cent (and a real annual average growth rate
Sector Strategy Plan (HSSP), which is about to enter its of 10.5 per cent) over the past five years. In
fourth cycle, and complemented by a number of specific absolute terms, the budget has expanded
strategies and plans (Figure 1). from TShs 14.1 trillion (FY 2011/12) to TShs
23 trillion (FY 2015/16). The state budget to
To accelerate the provision of primary health care services
gross domestic product (GDP) ratio reached
for all, the government developed the Primary Health
Care Service Development Programme 2007–2017. 23.9 per cent during FY 2015/16, from
The programme intends to strengthen health systems, 21.4 per cent in FY 2011/12. Development
human resource development and referral mechanisms, expenditure comprises around 30 per cent
as well as increase health sector financing and improve of the total budget, with the remaining 70
the provision of medicines, equipment and supplies. per cent covering wages and salaries (27 per
MoHCDGEC implements Primary Health Care Service cent) and other charges (OC) (43 per cent).
Development Programme in collaboration with local Domestic tax revenue has been on the rise
governments. The programme addresses key health as well, from TShs 6.5 trillion (FY 2011/12)
issues, including maternal and child health and priority to TShs 9.9 trillion (FY 2014/15). However,
diseases. as a share of GDP, domestic tax revenues
have increased marginally from 12 to 13 per
cent over the same period of time1. Budget
execution improved overtime, from 84 per
cent in FY 2011/12, to 94 per cent during FY
2014/15.
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income
In terms of the share of the national budget allocated Public health expenditure per capita is on the rise. It
to priority sectors, health lags behind education and increased from TShs 20,228 (US$ 9.2) in FY 2012/13 to TShs
infrastructure, showing a declining trend (Figure 5). 31,948 (US$ 14.7) in FY 2015/164, however, still well below
Further, over FYs 2011/12–2015/16, the six priority sectors the WHO recommended target of US$ 54 per capita to
covered 49.5 per cent of the overall state budget, with the address health challenges. The average growth rate over
share of health in the total allocation to priority sectors the period was 17 per cent.
averaging 15.6 per cent, which is about half that of
education. 3. Where do heath sector
Figure 5 The share of the health sector
resources come from?
in the total budget compared to other
Health sector financing is characterised by diverse
priority sectors (FYs 2011/12–2015/16) sources including the government budget; the Health
Sector Basket Fund (HSBF) comprising funds from
0.6%
development partners; resources from non-governmental
0.9%
3.8% 4.6% 0.3% organisations (NGOs); out-of-pocket payments; and funds
4.4% 0.8% 0.7%
3.8%
5.8% 5.2% 3.9% from health insurances. At the central level, MoHCDGEC
6.6% 6.9% 3.2%
3% 2.4% and other health-related central units (such as regional
8.6% 4.5% 5.2% 4.2%
8% and national hospitals and the Medical Stores Department
7.8% 7.6% 7.7%
(MSD), which are under the direct supervision of
16.2% 12.1%
11.2% 10% 10.3% MoHCDGEC, are funded through transfers from the
Treasury. Funding for Local Government Authorities’
16.2% 18.4% 14.7% 16.5% 16.3% (LGAs) health expenditures comes from their own votes
and subsidies from the Treasury, user fees (cost sharing)
2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16* and community-based health insurance schemes (i.e. the
Community Health Fund (CHF), which serves rural areas,
Education Infrastructure Health Agriculture
and Tiba kwa kadi (TIKA) in urban centres). It is common
Water Energy Other social sectors
to find donors and NGOs directly financing health-related
initiatives at the local level.
Source: UNICEF calculations based on data from MoFP priority sector analysis
* Budgeted figures Foreign resources account for over one third of total
spending, far above the averages for sub-Saharan Africa
and lower middle countries (Figure 6). The health sector
has adopted a sector-wide approach (SWAP) for medium-
and long-term planning since the 1990s, which has
had a positive impact on foreign funding coordination.
However, external resources remain highly volatile.
193.9
Figure 7 Increasing share of recurrent
resources in total public budget 143.7
126.3 107.7
(FYs 2012/13–2015/16)
109 161.5
151.8 567
156.2
328.5 423.5
Shares of recurrent and development expenditures
305
100% 50%
24.9% 22.9% 28.6%
80% 34.2% 40% 780.7
663.6 603.9
60% 30% 493.3
40% 75.1% 65.8% 77.1% 71.4% 20%
20% 10% 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16*
0% 0%
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16* MoHCDGEC Transfers from regions
Transfers to hospitals Transfers to NHIF
Development
Recurrent
Source: UNICEF calculations based on MoFP’s IFMS data
* Budgeted figures
99% 99% 99% 98% 98% 98% 97% 97% 96% 95%
94% 94% 92%
89% 89% 87%
84% 83% 81%
76%
73% 72% 70%
68% 67%
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1
World Bank (2016). Tanzania Economic Update: The Road less Travelled: Unleashing Public Private Partnerships in
Tanzania. World Bank. Washington.
2
World Bank’s World Development Indicators dataset.
3
US$ 12 (World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database).
4
UN exchange rate (August 2016): TShs 2,187 for US$ 1
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Rapid Budget Analysis for Health (UNICEF, 2014).
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Development partners’ 2014 health sector rapid budget analysis .
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Sikika (2012). Tanzania Health Sector Budget Analysis 2005/06–2011/12; Simon, B. (2015). Resource Allocation for Health
in Tanzania–Determinants and Development Implications. Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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Rapid Budget Analysis for Health (UNICEF, 2014).
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World Bank and IMF, Rural-Urban Dynamics and the MDGs: Global Monitoring Report, Washington DC, USA, 2013.
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BRN lab report.
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2015 DHS.
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Lancet, 2013.
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Lancet, 2007.
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World Bank, 2011.
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