In an assessment of its achievements for 2022, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony disclosed that close to $1 billion was spent by his ministry to aid in the upgrading and enhancement of the health sector. In his year-end report, the minister said all 420 health facilities which include both regional and district hospitals, health centres, and health posts, have seen some sort of upgrade for the year 2022.
“This year we spent close to one billion dollars upgrading a lot of facilities around the country, so on average every region received a hundred million dollars from the ministry to upgrade health centres within the regions.”
