Ivory Coast plans CFA 342 billion for healthcare
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
Ivory Coast plans nearly CFA 342 billion to improve healthcare provision and access in 2027, from a health budget of CFA 954.7 billion. The funds will notably finance facilities, medicines, vaccines and training, according to minister Pierre N’Gou Dimba.
Nearly CFA 342 billion of the 2027 budget of Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage is to finance healthcare, including the construction, rehabilitation, equipment and maintenance of health facilities, according to the Ivorian Press Agency. The allocation also covers medicines, vaccines and professional training.
The General Administration programme receives more than CFA 434 billion, or about 45% of the ministry’s allocation, compared with nearly 36% for funds allocated to healthcare. The fight against malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis is to receive more than CFA 133 billion, while the fight against smoking, alcoholism and other addictions receives more than CFA 3 billion.
The investment programme notably provides for the completion of the Abobo university hospital centre, the regional hospital centres in Divo and Boundiali and the general hospitals in Kong, Tafiré and Tiassalé. The project also provides for the start of work on the specialised hospital in Bingerville and the construction of the regional hospital centre in Ferkessédougou, according to the Ministry of Health.
The health budget for 2027 is up 20.6% from the CFA 791.84 billion allocated in 2026, according to the Ivorian Press Agency. The National Assembly’s Economic and Financial Affairs Committee had approved the previous day the ministry’s overall allocation of CFA 954.7 billion Health receives CFA 954.73 billion from 2027 budget.
