Mozambique: Domestic expenditure stagnates in 2021
Data of the Budget Execution Report 2021 shows a stagnation of the domestic expenditure of the health sector, even with a light decrease from previous year. Execution is composed by two nearly equal parts: Domestic expenditure (408M$) and external funding on-budget...
Kick-off of the Planning, Financing and Strategic Investment Coordination Group
The new dialogue structure established in the health sector in Mozambique between MoH and partners includes 6 thematic working groups (Service Delivery, Planning, Financing and Strategic Investment (PFSI), Emergencies and public health, Logistics and Pharma,...
Mozambique to review health taxes in view of rising NCD prevalence
The Mozambican Ministry of Finance is preparing a reform of the Specific Consumption Tax (ICE),which includes taxes on tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages, cars, and other consumption goods. The country operates in the SADC tax harmonization framework,...
Reduced availability of medicines due to global maritime transport disruption
The Central Warehouse of Medicines and Medical Suuplies (CMAM) of Mozambique, in charge of the whole procurement and supply of medical supplies and medicines of the National Health Service, faces a period of reduced availability of medicines compared to previous...
Household health expenditure rises by 52% last four years
The recent Household Budget Survey 2019-20 published end of September shows a relevant 52% increase in household health expenditures. However, expenditure level continues to be low, passing from 90 Mzn (1,5€) in the last report of 2014-15 to 139 Mzn (1,8€) per...
Ministry of Health and public university start hospital costing process
MOH and UEM public university (the oldest and most important in Mozambique) are starting a process of costing of health services, focused on hospitals. The objective is to know the costs of service provision, as well as to train hospital managers in cost accounting....
Health spending increases its share in the budget
The budgetary relevance given to the health sector in 2020 has led the increase in its relative weight in comparison with other sectors. The health sector represented a 14,8% of public spending in 2020, or 19% if measured taking out the financial operations and debt...
Increased public funding despite fall in revenues
Budget execution reports issued in April 2021, both at Health and Finances level, show that while revenue collection decreased in 2020, global spending increased, while debt operations remained equal. The role of external funding in this case, especially the EU grant...
Minister of Health meets with development partners to promote external support to government priorities
The Minister of Health, Armindo Daniel Tiago, met on 16th April, 2021 with health development partners to take stock of external support in defined priority areas. The Minister exposed the priorities for this period, being the most relevant i) The project to...
Domestic expenditure increases a 33% in 2020 due to Covid
The Budget Execution Report, released on February 15th, shows a relevant increase in domestic expenditure in health in Mozambique, from 18.985 million MT (263 M$) to 25.318 million MT (351 M$), a +33% change. This prioritization of health with domestic...
Mozambique to strengthen Community Health
The Mozambican Ministry of Health has presented the draft of the Community Health strategy to development partners. Mozambique counts now with 6.790 Community Health workers, called APE (Agentes Polivalentes Elementares), who perform essential preventive health work...
Mozambique’s Ministry of Health issues its first PEFA Strategy
Mozambique's Ministry of Health has launched its PEFA strategy to respond to challenges identified in the PEFA report (2020). In the PEFA diagnostic, the area that presents more challenges is credibility of the budget, especially execution of funds and of...
MoH and partners finalize the Strategic Plan extension 2020-24
The Ministry of Health, development partners and civil society are finalizing the joint process to review and extend the Strategic Plan, which will cover the period 2020-24. The adaptations will be focused on areas that have experienced relevant advancements, such as...
Healthy diets to enhance immune systems against Covid-19
Mozambique is translating international scientific evidence to practical messages to the population, through mass media communication, graphic campaigns and radio messages. Continuity of care and prevention of Covid transmission are the main objectives of this effort,...
Mozambique to update costing of health services with OneHealth tool
Mozambique has embarked in the new phase of costing health services with the One Health tool, supported by WHO. The objective is to approximate costs of all programs and cost items of the health system. This is an essential part of planning and budgetary...