Public Expenditure Tracking for Health (PET-Health)

Objectives
  • Understand concepts of public financial management (PFM) in the health
    sector.
  • Explain how health budgets are formulated, approved, disbursed, and
    executed.
  • Apply Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) methodologies in
    health systems.
  • Analyze budget allocation, release, and absorption rates in the health
    sector.
  • Identify inefficiencies, leakages, and delays in health financing flows.
  • Map financial flows from central government to counties, facilities, and
    programmes
  • Assess equity, efficiency, and transparency in health spending.
  • Use data to inform policy decisions and improve health resource
    allocation.
  • Develop expenditure tracking reports for advocacy and decision-making.
Structure
  • Foundations of Public Expenditure Management in Health
  • Expenditure Tracking Tools and Budget Analysis Methods
  • Budget Allocation, Absorption Rates and Efficiency Analysis
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation in PETS
  • Monitoring Expenditure Flows, Leakages and Misallocation
  • Accountability, Reporting and Policy Use
  • Budget Performance, Reporting and Decision-Making