The Malawi Health Equity Network has asked the Treasury to consider establishing a National Health Fund, where financial resources collected from other sources can be deposited for public healthcare service delivery use. The Malawi Health Equity Network’s Executive Director George Jobe said that some resources can be sourced through carbon tax, another initiative the network has been lobbying the government to introduce, including a top-up contribution on the Motor Vehicle Certificate and “sin” taxes on alcohol and tobacco.
More about this news can be found here
