Tanzania’s Universal Health Insurance (UHI) programme faces a major financing challenge, with Parliament’s Budget Committee warning that the scheme is currently short of about Sh489.5 billion...
Tanzania's UHI programme faces Sh489.5 billion annual funding gap with only 931,693 of 3.9 million households registered. Fragmentation of 15 independent health systems without interoperability signals critical infrastructure consolidation challenges for large-scale digital healthcare implementation.
By
Gadiosa Lamtey
Business Reporter
Mwananchi Communications Ltd
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s Universal Health Insurance (UHI) programme faces a major financing challenge, with Parliament’s Budget Committee warning that the scheme is currently short of about Sh489.5 billion annually, raising concerns over its long-term sustainability as implementation begins.
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