Botswana: Modise Proposes Reforms to Enhance Health Sector

Gaborone — Health financing remains constrained with limited fiscal space as government contributes about 80 per cent of total health expenditure, leaving the sector vulnerable to economic shocks.

Presenting the health sector chapter of the National Development Plan 12 (NDP 12) in Parliament on Monday, Minister of Health Dr Stephen Modise said Botswana’s hospital-centric funding model, with about 70 per cent of recurrent spending directed to hospital curative services, limits investment in…