The document provides an analysis of the economic, demographic, and disease burden context, the health system structure, human resources for health and health expenditure in the country. It includes detailed information and analysis of the health expenditure trends, the financial and institutional sustainability that could potentially allow the country to absorb in the medium-term four key health programs: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS; tuberculosis; malaria; and immunization that historically were funded by external recourses.