The resources allocated to health between 2008 and 2014 are evaluated to verify whether they have been allocated to compliance with supranational regulations that seek to guarantee the human right to health.
Public spending on health in Ecuador grew from 1.57% of Gross Domestic Product in 2008 to 2.17% in 2014, from US$ 968 million in 2008 to US$ 2.21 billion in 2014.
These resources were allocated to the treatment of diseases (24%), equipment and infrastructure (21%), primary health care (11%), medicines and supplies (10%), health government, which corresponds to expenses related to the administrative units of the Ministry of Public Health, representing 10% of the total, health promotion (8%), and vulnerable groups (5%).
