Child Poverty in Mozambique. A Situation and Trend ... - Unicef
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Figure 3.31: Indicative per capita prov<strong>in</strong>cial health expenditure, 2005<br />
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16<br />
14<br />
US$ per habitant<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
Niassa<br />
Cabo<br />
Delgado<br />
Nampula* Zambézia Tete Manica Sofala* Inhambane Gaza Maputo<br />
Prov<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
Maputo<br />
City*<br />
Allocated<br />
Executed<br />
Note: *Includes Central Hospitals. All allocation <strong>and</strong> expenditure figures <strong>in</strong>clude own receipts, recurrent budget,<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment budget <strong>and</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>cial common fund.<br />
Source: Adapted by the MPD from M<strong>in</strong>istry of Health, 2006<br />
These disparities <strong>in</strong> budget allocation have been attributed <strong>in</strong> part to weak l<strong>in</strong>ks<br />
between the health sector’s annual plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> resource allocation system, the<br />
sub-sectoral strategic plans developed by some directorates <strong>and</strong> the broader sectorwide<br />
plann<strong>in</strong>g system, specifically the lack of clear prioritisation of objectives <strong>and</strong> any<br />
attempt at cost<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> the PESS, which outl<strong>in</strong>es the overall strategy of the health<br />
sector. A fundamental difficulty <strong>in</strong> produc<strong>in</strong>g cost<strong>in</strong>gs with<strong>in</strong> the sector is the lack of<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation on unit costs.<br />
In addition to disparities <strong>in</strong> health expenditure between particular prov<strong>in</strong>ces <strong>and</strong><br />
districts, disparities also exist between expenditure on primary <strong>and</strong> tertiary health<br />
facilities. This is of particular importance when talk<strong>in</strong>g about children, s<strong>in</strong>ce tertiary<br />
care facilities tend to be <strong>in</strong> urban areas (while child morbidity <strong>and</strong> mortality rates<br />
are higher <strong>in</strong> rural areas) <strong>and</strong> they focus on less cost-effective curative care, rather<br />
than more wide-reach<strong>in</strong>g preventive care. A recent study to evaluate approaches to<br />
support<strong>in</strong>g health sector development at the prov<strong>in</strong>cial level found that <strong>in</strong> the five<br />
studied prov<strong>in</strong>ces, governmental health expenditures were biased towards higherlevel<br />
facilities (Costa et al, 2006). A number of recent studies have noted the high<br />
proportion of health expenditure on tertiary facilities <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mozambique</strong> as compared<br />
with other countries (Costa et al 2006 <strong>and</strong> WB 2004b). It is estimated that 38 per<br />
cent of health care expenditure is made on the tertiary care level, a figure that differs<br />
considerably from the figure <strong>in</strong> South Africa (25 per cent) <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a, Malawi <strong>and</strong><br />
Ethiopia (around 11 per cent).<br />
B. Water sector<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the State Budget, the proportion of total public resources allocated to<br />
the water sector was 2.8 per cent <strong>in</strong> 2003, 2.3 per cent <strong>in</strong> 2004 <strong>and</strong> 2.5 per cent<br />
<strong>in</strong> 2005. However, the f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>formation provided by the sector, which captures<br />
much more external assistance, suggests that this proportion is around 5 per cent<br />
of the total budget (GoM <strong>and</strong> PAP, 2006). Of those funds, roughly two-thirds are<br />
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