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CHAPTER XVI – BUDGET
122. The plan estimates a detailed five-year budget in Chapter XVI.
123. The total costs for the rest of fiscal year 2003/4 are R296 million.
124. This figure grows to nearly R4.5 billion in 2007/8.
125. The 2007/8 figures include:
125.1 More than R1 billion for new health professionals;
125.2 About R1.6 billion for antiretroviral drugs. (The Minister will appoint a
team to negotiate the best prices for purchasing antiretroviral drugs);
125.3 About R800 million for laboratory tests;
125.4 Over R650 million in additional nutritional supplements and support.
126. Over the next four and a half years, over R750 million is proposed for upgrading
systems in the healthcare infrastructure in areas such as drug distribution, patient
information systems and pharmacovigilance.
127. Over R300 million is proposed for new capital investments, and over R230 million
for research.
128. The model used in the calculation of the budget factors in survival and mortality of
people on ARVs. It also estimates the likely proportion of patients who will need
to switch from regimen 1 to regimen 2 in any given year.
129. This table presents an overview of the total programme budget estimate.
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