Govt pushes to ring-fence funds from sugar tax and health-related levies

Zimbabwe plans to protect sugar tax revenue for health services

The Zimbabwean government is moving to ensure that revenue generated from sugar taxes and other health-related levies is used exclusively to support the healthcare sector, Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has said. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, Mombeshora said the government intends to ring-fence health-related tax revenues to prevent them from being diverted to other national pri…

Govt Moves To Ring-Fence Funds From Sugar Tax

He said the revenue will not be diverted to other national priorities. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, Mombeshora said the move will help close funding gaps that affect service delivery. “Our plan now is to have monies that are meant for health programmes ring-fenced. The money is collected for health purposes, but if it is not ring-fenced, it can then be used for other things,” said Mombeshora. “We…

Govt pushes to ring-fence funds from sugar tax and health-related levies

Source: Govt pushes to ring-fence funds from sugar tax and health-related levies – herald Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter THE Government is moving to fundamentally change how the country finances healthcare by ensuring revenue collected through sugar taxes and other health-related levies will not be diverted to other competing national priorities. Speaking on the sidelines of the recently concluded World Health Assembly in Geneva, Swit…