The Health Budget: The Disparity Between Political Discourse and Practice

Key Messages: - Health is a human right and is constitutionally protected in Mozambique; - The health sector is considered a priority sector by the Government of Mozambique; - The health sector is amongst the least funded by the State Budget in the past four years, (with less than 8% on average), against the 15% assumed in Abuja; - For the year 2014, of the 762.8 million USD allocated to the health sector, 44% came from external sources (REO MOH, 2014). The combined PROSAUDE resources, and the speci c "off-budget" projects’ funding demonstrates the enormous reliance on external partners to support the country’s health strategy; - There is an urgent need to increase internal State Budget funding for the health sector to ensure sustainability.