Mityana district has deliberately prioritised the health sector by allocating UGX 31.25 billion which is far above the Abuja Declaration commitment of 15 percent allocation. The Overall budget for health is approximately 26.6 percent of the district’s budget. This notwithstanding, a larger percentage of the budget only caters for recurrent wage expenditures at the expense of Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Care (RMNC), thus making it challenging for women of reproductive age to access family planning commodities.

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