By 1983 the health budget had increased from £9.5 billion in 1979 to £15.5 billion.

The proposed national health budget for 2010 is ₱28 billion (about $597 million) or ₱310 ($7) per person.

We have increased the veterans' health budget by more than 40 percent.

Today the entire federal health budget for the country is only twice that.

"That would free up $30 million of debt service per year, allowing the health budget to be increased by 50 percent," he said.

"Russia has a severe money problems and it is obvious when you look at the health budget," he said.

Malaria must be more than simply a line item in the health budget.

That gives patients greater control over their own health budgets.

The government has set aside £420m from the health budget to fund the plan.

Diabetes costs £10bn - almost a tenth of the entire health budget.