A good 8.4% increase in health sector but with no district control

KARACHI: From last year, there has been an 8.4 per cent increase in the expenditure for the health sector. Around Rs45.7 billion have been set aside, as compared to last year’s Rs32.7 billion, for health care spending.

However the increase might not mean much since this year, the province has complete control on district-level spending. Previously, the districts used to have their separate budgets, in addition to the provincial budget assigned for the health sector.

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