By James Kandoya , The Guardian
THE Ministry of Health has outlined 10 priorities for fiscal 2024/2025, asking the legislature to approve over 1.31trn/- to implement those priorities.
Health minister Ummy Mwalimu, tabling the ministry’s budget estimates yesterday, said that that the priorities will be implemented through 89 interventions, including strengthening vaccine services.
The priorities include improvement of maternal and child health, to reduce deaths, plus uplifting expertise generally and in “specialised and super specialised services.”
She cited notable success in implementing the 2023/2024 approved estimates in different health cadres such new facilities, fewer incidents of maternal and child mortality, training of specialists and frequency of organ transplanting services.
Other success areas are improved services from dispensaries to referral levels, supervising alternative and traditional medicine, along with improved services for communicable, non-communicable diseases and epidemic control.
Other listed priorities in include better mental health services, targeted services for children, older people and people with disabilities, plus conducting research and using research findings in administering health services.
Out of 1.61bn/- allocated for implementing a series of interventions, 1.5bn/- will be used for better vaccine intervention to reach estimated 3,117,564 infants, along with 871,429 girls below nine years and expectant mothers projected at 3,298,437, the minister stated.
Upwards of 1.6bn/- will be used for nutrition demands awareness like breast feeding and purchasing 300 equipment for grain fortification (dozifiers).
The sum of 6.6bn/- has been allocated for improving hygiene and cleaning of environment, 1bn/- for an inclusive plan of community-based health interventions, while 2.19bn/- is meant to improve services provided at health facilities including for procuring, storing and distribution of drugs and medical supplies, she elaborated.
In addition, 3.5bn/- has been set aside to ensure availability of clean and safety blood services, a total of 8.5bn/- earmarked for diagnostic services, with 2bn/- set aside for technology for medical records control and reducing costs in service provision.
The ministry had set aside 4.9bn/-.for improving the quality of services provided by nurses and midwifes, she said, urging MPs to approve its 2024/2025 budget to enable the government to realise all these objectives.
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