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3. Funding and allocation of resources

Adequate financing for PHC that is mobilized and allocated to promote equity in access, to provide a platform and incentivizing environment to enable high-quality care and services and to minimize financial hardship. Focusing on how financing for PHC is mobilized and allocated to promote equity in access, reduce financial hardship and enable high-quality care.

KEY QUESTIONS TO SUPPORT PHC-ORIENTED APPROACH TO ADAPTING NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN:
• How will PHC be integrated into health financing strategies, including reducing the impact of financial hardship on health service utilisation?
• How will public financial management capacity be developed nationally, sub-nationally and at the community level to ensure  efficient, equitable and transparent  budgeting and budget execution in the health sector?
• How will PHC activities be assessed to ensure that funding flows to health services are not duplicative, overlapped, or are misaligned across levels of care?