Mama Ye Factsheet on Health Financing in Tanzania 2013

Governments across Africa have invested in health and seen significant improvements in health outcomes. However more investment is urgently needed in order to improve maternal and newborn survival, as well as the health of the population as a whole. It is important that the government is responsible for the largest share of spending on health, rather than individuals, otherwise the poor may be denied access to healthcare and others may be pushed into poverty through expenditure on health.Tanzania’s Government signed the Abuja Declaration in 2001, which commits them to spending 15% of the total government budget on health.WHO data shows that Tanzania has seen a steep decrease in health spending from 17% of total budget in 2006 to only 11% in 2011.  Furthermore, Government of Tanzania data shows that only 9% of the budget was allocated to health in 2011/12 and 8.5% in 2012/13. This factsheet, produced by Mama Ye, highlights the following information:

• Percentage of total government budget allocated to health in Tanzania from 1995-2013
• Total health spending per person in Tanzania from 1995-2013
• Out of pocket spending on health in Tanzania from 1995-2013

To view the factsheet, click here.Evidence for Action. (2013). MamaYe Factsheet on Health Financing inTanzania 2013. London: Evidence for Action.