An assessment of the health financing system in Tanzania

Abstract

This report presents the findings from Work Package 1 in Tanzania. The aim of this work package is to provide a critical evaluation of the current health system, document existing health financing initiatives and map the flows of funds within the current arrangements of the financing system. The objective is to identify existing inequities and the main factors driving these inequities in such initiatives. The evaluation involved an extensive document review (including Government reports, policy and regulatory documents, statistical releases and household survey data sets, annual reports of relevant organisations in the health system, academic and related research findings whether published in peer-reviewed publications or grey literature). The intention was to identify and quantify funding flows, together with the key equity, sustainability and related challenges in the health system and to identify key issues of relevance to financing and benefit incidence in Tanzania.