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Challenges and Funding Trends in Tanzanian Health and Social Welfare Sector

Learn about the declining funding trends over the past six years in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania, along with challenges such as shifting donor mechanisms, procurement delays, and the repositioning of family planning efforts.

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Challenges and Funding Trends in Tanzanian Health and Social Welfare Sector

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  1. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Funding trend over the past six years and Challenges Funding trend over the last 6 years 27th May , 2010 Presented by Edgar Basheka Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Tanzania

  2. The Challenge A “Once Was” Successful Program Has Lost Momentum • Declining Funding Support • Shifting Donor Funding Mechanisms • Shrinking Government Budget • Diminished Program Visibility • Confluence of development policies • Competing Priorities • Diverted Resources – Human, Infrastructure etc.

  3. Funding trend over the last 6 years Tanzanian Shillings:currently $1 = 1,445 Tsh

  4. Challenges facing CS • Decreasing allocations of funds through the MTEF • Late, partial, irregular release of funds • Delays in the procurement process • Nationwide stock-outs for some products (funding / procurement issues) • Localized stock-outs for others (stock management / re-ordering issues)

  5. Efforts to reposition FP in Tanzania • The MOHSW recognized the downtrend of Family Planning in Tanzania • In collaboration with the partners, the MOHSW is making a lot of efforts to Reposition Family Planning • Part of this efforts includes the establishment of the National FP Technical Working Group and development of a National Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan (NFPCIP)

  6. Purposes of the NFCIP NFPCIP will be used to: • Inform policy makers • Strengthen FP planning and budgeting within the National Development Agenda at National, Regional and District levels • Clarify budgetary needs for implementing an effective Family Planning program

  7. Purposes of the NFCIP cont.. • Mobilize and sustain quality resources (financial, human, technical, commodities and equipment) • Develop benchmarks that will be used to monitor and support the FP program

  8. NEXT STEPS • Conduct advocacy campaign amongst policy makers to allocate national resources for contraceptive commodities in the National health Budget • Advocate for introduction of a budget line item for family planning in the National Health Budget

  9. THANKS FOR LISTENING

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