Algeria plans 28,329 health jobs and 1,138.72 billion dinars
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leprovincial
Algeria’s 2027 draft finance bill provides 1,138.72 billion dinars for health, an increase of 8.64%, and 28,329 new posts, including 17,000 paramedical staff. Presented by Health Minister Mohamed Seddik Aït Messaoudane to the National People’s Assembly, the budget also includes investment in infrastructure, equipment and medicines, Le Provincial reports.
Algeria’s 2027 draft finance bill provides for 1,138.72 billion dinars in health payment appropriations and 28,329 new budgeted posts, Health Minister Mohamed Seddik Aït Messaoudane told the Finance and Budget Committee of the National People’s Assembly. Payment appropriations are up 8.64% on 2026; commitment authorisations total 1,111.83 billion dinars, an increase of 7.05%.
Of the new posts, 17,000 are for paramedical staff, 3,000 for specialist doctors and 2,000 for general practitioners. The draft also adds 1,592 midwife posts. Public institutions are also to receive 180 billion dinars from social security organisations, 10 billion more than in 2026, a contribution already announced for 2027.
The prevention and treatment programme will receive 353 billion dinars in payment appropriations, an increase of 16.45%. It will fund infrastructure, renovation, equipment, ambulances and mobile clinics. The draft provides for 363 new investment projects, notably to complete and equip hospitals and polyclinics.
Medicines and medical supplies will receive 183.55 billion dinars, up 52.96%, with an additional 30 billion for vaccines, sera and laboratory reagents. MPs raised concerns about the shortage of specialist radiologists and delays to some projects.
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