Azerbaijan's health spending share of state budget rising, says Milli Majlis committee chair

Baku, 31 October, AZERTAC. In Azerbaijan, care and attention to the social sphere, including healthcare, is growing day by day under President Ilham Aliyev. The share of health spending in the state budget's expenditures is increasing.

This year, nearly 2.1 billion has been allocated from the state budget alone to protect the population's health. Including the funds of the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, the overall amount is very large. Speaking at the official opening of the scientific-practical conference "TRANSPLANT 360° – From Diagnostics to Transplantation", Ehliman Amiraslanov, chairman of the Health Committee of the Milli Majlis, said that five to six years ago, budget health spending amounted to a maximum of 800 million. Now it is around 4 billion, more than 4 billion.

He said this shows the head of state gives this sector serious attention and that the funds allocated each year are rising.