COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented devastation and a worldwide economic standstill of which Tanzania is not invulnerable.

Tanzania is already confronting multiple health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and Non-Communicable Diseases meaning millions of people may be immunocompromised and more at risk of serious complications from this respiratory virus.

PF operates with two working groups: The Budget Working Group (BWG) and the Local Governance Working Group (LGWG) that bring together members to influence national level budget processes and open participatory spaces at the local level respectively.

The Government is advised to recruit more health staff during this COVID-19 outbreak to make the health sector more efficient to overcome the pandemic. This means short-term fiscal policy should aim at redirecting government expenditure to increase the capacity of the health system to provide adequate and affordable medical attention to the people affected.    Following the falling trend for health sector, the government should have strategic measures to increase domestic resources to ensure funding sustainability within the health sector and to efficiently curb COVID 19.