Table 1

Health resources in Tanzania for year 2003 – 2006

Item
Year



2003
2004
2005
2006a

Health as percentage of overall government spendingb
12.9%
10.0%
10.9%
11.6%
Level of spending on health (millions)
US$172
US$200
US$261
US$369
Population estimates
34,155,840
35,146,359
36,165,604
37,214,406
Per capita health spending
US$5.04
US$5.70
US$7.21
US$9.92

aBudget bExcluding consolidated fund services (CFS).

Source: United Republic of Tanzania. Ministry of health. Health sector PER update FY06. Final Report. September 2006.

Manzi et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:165   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-165