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The health system is made up of the public subsector made up of the Ministry of Health<\/a>, which has a guiding, regulatory and provision of health services to the entire population, and the Honduran Institute of Social Security<\/a> in charge of collecting, managing fiscal resources and mandatory contributions from workers and employers; and the private subsector. The essential services coverage rate for 2021 is 64.3%.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Public spending on health represented 2.9% of gross domestic product, below the 6% recommended by the Pan American Health Organization for 2019[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and 12.1% of total public spending<\/a> for 2021. The main source of financing was out-of-pocket health spending with 52% of current health spending.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 9 – Footnotes” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”13px” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n [1]<\/span> World Health Organization (WHO) Health Financing Dashboard. Coverage of essential services. Honduras. 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n