What Health and Child Care is voted in Zimbabwe's budget, and what it goes on
The 2026 estimates, broken into the 4 programmes this vote is spent through.
Health and Child Care plans to spend ZiG 30.42 billion across 4 programmes. Curative Services takes the most, 80.2% of it. ZiG 28.945 billion of that is voted out of the revenue fund and ZiG 1.476 billion is fees the ministry keeps, which is why its programmes come to more than its vote.
Health and Child Care, year by year
Zimbabwe, 2023 to 2028, ZiG
Up 623% between 2023 and 2028, from ZiG 5.82 billion to ZiG 42.07 billion.Curative Services is the largest part in 2028, 78 of every 100, followed by Policy and Administration at 17 and Public Health at 5.2. Curative Services held 72 of every 100 in 2023. 2027 and 2028 are the Treasury's own projections, not yet voted. 2023 and 2024 are what was actually counted at the year's end.
The 2026 total, part by part
ZiG 30.42 billion across 4 programmes
Curative Services80%
Policy and Administration13%
Public Health6.5%
Bio-Medical Engineering, Bio-Medical Science, Pharmaceuticals and Bio-Pharmacetical Production0.5%
Out of every ZiG 100 in 2026, ZiG 80 is Curative Services.Policy and Administration is next at 13 of every 100, then Public Health at 6.5.
Policy Planning and Co-ordinationZiG 312.017 million
Finance and AdministrationZiG 296.011 million
Monitoring and EvaluationZiG 119.075 million
Ministers' and Permanent Secretary's OfficeZiG 98.343 million
Internal AuditZiG 43.405 million
Legal ServicesZiG 31.965 million
12.8%
ZiG 3.897 billion
Public Health
Environmental HealthZiG 927.132 million
Family HealthZiG 614.886 million
Non-Communicable DiseasesZiG 219.757 million
Communicable DiseasesZiG 219.136 million
6.5%
ZiG 1.981 billion
Bio-Medical Engineering, Bio-Medical Science, Pharmaceuticals and Bio-Pharmacetical Production
Health ResearchZiG 83.181 million
Bio-AnalyticsZiG 70.42 million
0.5%
ZiG 153.601 million
Questions people ask
What does Health and Child Care spend its budget on?
ZiG 30.42 billion in the 2026 estimates, spent through programmes of which the largest are Curative Services, Policy and Administration and Public Health.
Which programme takes most of Health and Child Care's budget?
Curative Services, at ZiG 24.388 billion, which is 80.2% of what the ministry plans to spend.
Does Health and Child Care spend more than it is voted?
It is voted ZiG 28.945 billion out of the revenue fund and keeps ZiG 1.476 billion in fees of its own, so it plans to spend ZiG 30.42 billion in all.