Windhoek — Infectious and parasitic diseases including HIV/AIDS received the highest allocation of funds taking up 23 percent of the total health expenditure in the 2015/2016 financial year.
This is stated in a new report by the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
The high expenditure on HIV and infectious disease was closely followed by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and reproductive health, which consumed 20 percent and 16 percent, respectively.
NCDs are those, which are not spread and are non-contagious, but are caused due to allergy, long-illness, abnormalities in cell proliferation, inherited, and malnutrition. Read More
