Healthcare spending to increase 21,7%

 10:43, 1 November, 2019

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Healthcare spending will be increased 21,7%, Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan told lawmakers at parliamentary committee debates of the 2020 state budget.

“It is expected that under the 2020 state budget 109 billion drams will be allocated to healthcare, around 21,7% or 19,4 billion drams more than in 2019,” he said.

Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said in 2020 the healthcare policy will be directed at strengthening public health services, disease prevention and promotion of healthy lifestyle.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan