Algerian President Bouteflika suggests lifting national health share 15 percent

Algerian President Bouteflika stressed in a letter addressed to the African health ministers participating in Algeria’s symposium, the need to lift the health share in the national budget to 15 percent at least.

• President Bouteflika calling for developing health education programmes and providing initial treatment and essential medicines to combat maternal and infant deaths in addition to fighting dangerous diseases, especially HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
• President of Algerian republic said, in a letter read out on his behalf his adviser Mohamed Ali Boughazi, that “many serious health problems’ spread is worrying more than ever, including HIV, which presents the leading cause of deaths from infectious diseases, including diabetes as well as malaria, which still cause a problem in Africa, despite what has been recorded as optimistic results”.
• He added that “the matter has nothing to do with the symbolic help to provide essential medicines and relief conscience but it concerns developing solidarity materials for multidisciplinary research on African continent health problems.