Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech on Thursday proposed to allocate Tk 38,052 crore for the health and family welfare sector in the financial year 2023-24.
The allocation was Tk 36,863 crore in the last financial year.
The minister said, “Ensuring quality and people-friendly healthcare is one of the election pledges of our government. We are working to implement this commitment,” he said.
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He said in continuation of the success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the health sector, efforts are also being made to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The main features of achieving sustainable development goals in the health sector are: expanding the prioritised healthcare services, engaging more people and reducing out-of-pocket expenditure, said Kamal.
“In brief, our foremost objective is to ensure quality healthcare for all citizens. Consistent with this objective, we are providing health care across the country through 31 operational plans under the Fourth Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Programme (HPNSP). “