Annual Report 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

Ministry of Finance and Planning Sri Lanka > Annual Report 2010Table 1.25 > Recurrent Expenditure on HealthRs. MnCategory 2005 2007 2010Personal Emoluments 21,737 29,128 39,577Medical Supplies 7,100 10,826 13,582Diets 409 547 736Maintenance 150 234 272Electricity and Water 1,075 1,403 2,002Welfare Programmes 504 922 865Other* 5,976 6,460 6,799Total 36,951 49,520 63,833Source: Department of National Budget* Includes all the Provincial Councils’ recurrent expenditure other than Personal EmolumentsA lion share of recurrent expenditurewas allocated on personal emolumentsconsisting of payment of salaries andwages, overtime and other allowances.The expenditure on personalemoluments on health has increasedby 82 percent during the period2005 to 2010. This was mainly due toincreased cadre of medical officers,nurses and paramedical services,and policies adopted to increaseallowances and overtime of medicalofficers and nurses etc.The budgetary provision on MedicalSupplies has increased almost by 90percent during the period 2005 to2010. In addition, recurrentexpenditure on electricity & watermainly for hospitals has increasedhealth expenditure on curativeservices during the same period.Further, Rs.1,723 million has also beenutilized for hospital rehabilitationand development under capitalexpenditure in 2010. Moreover, highexpenditures on welfare programmes;Thriposha, benefited 780,000pregnant and lactating mothers andchildren above 6 months to 5 yearsannually during the period 2008-2010.The Government also continued toincrease financial support on healthpromotion and disease preventionutilizing Rs. 1,475 million in 2010. Morefunds have been invested on newinitiatives to control communicableand non communicable diseases suchas Dengue, Leptospirosis, Cancer,Mental Health, Kidney failure etc.Moreover, international organizationssuch as World Bank (WB), GlobalFund, Global Alliance for VaccineImmunization (GAVI), World HealthOrganization (WHO) etc. haveextended their support in healthpromotion and disease preventionactivities during the period 2005 to2010.79