Intended Increase of the Health Budget!
Shortly after the national UHC workshop and the Round-Table-Discussion, the Minister of Health makes public announcements about his intentions to increase the health budget. Below are a selection of links of recent media reports. To balance the view, you can also find a few links about last years health budget (all links courtesy of WHO country office Dhaka).
— Health Minister Mohammed Nasim is determined to get more money for his sector in the upcoming budget, even if he has to fight for it. http://bdnews24.com/health/2014/02/24/nasim-to-fight-for-budgets
— Nasim for more budget allocation in health sector: See more at: http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205769:nasim-for-more-budget-allocation-in-health-sector&catid=135:metropolitan-dhaka&Itemid=174
— DHAKA: Health and Family Planning Minister Mohammad Nasim today said that he would fight to increase budget allocation for health sector in the forthcoming fiscal 2014-15. – See more at: http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_23-02-2014_Nasim-for-more-budget-allocation-in-health-sector_774_1_0_3_34.html
— War if necessary to increase budget in health: http://www.clickittefaq.com/more-stories/war-necessary-increase-budget-health/
Here are two links that talk about last year’s health budget cuts:
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Thursday allocated an outlay of Tk94.95b in the health sector which is only 4.7% of the total budget – See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/jun/07/health-budget-plummets-down
http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-06-07&nid=51987#.U2raQlfD96Y
