Healthcare : Bringing million dollar smile
Tanzania has a long-standing history of participatory strategic planning in the health and social welfare sector . Tanzania Development Vision 2025 document identifies health as one of the priority sectors contributing to a higherquality livelihood for all Tanzanians .
In the financial year of 2017-18 , the Tanzanian Ministry of Health has planned to spend TZS 785.8 billion as part of its development budget , which will help the ministry implement its health improvement initiatives . In 2001 , the Government of Tanzania committed to the Abuja Declaration , pledging to increase government funding for health to at least 15 percent of its total budget , but has yet to reach this target . Over the past 10 years , the Tanzanian government conceived the Health Sector Strategic Plan ( HSSP ) to guide the annual Comprehensive Council Health Plans ( CCHP ) in the health and social welfare sector .
In September 2015 , the United Nations and the Government of Tanzania jointly committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) over the next 15 years . Among the 13 targets under the SDG for health , one pertains to the achievement of universal health coverage — including financial risk protection ; access to high-quality essential healthcare services ; access to safe , effective , high-quality and affordable essential medicines . The Government is in
Tanzanian Ministry of Health has planned to spend TZS 785.8 billion as part of its development budget , which will help the ministry implement its health improvement initiatives .
the process of finalising a bill that will make membership in the improved Community Health Fund ( iCHF ) mandatory for all Tanzanians .
Finance : The powerhouse
The financial sector is dominated by banking institutions which account for about 75 percent of the total assets of the financial system . The Banking and Financial Institutions Act of Tanzania was passed in 1991 in order to modernise the legal
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