1. Fundar strategies to increase access to information on health: the case of the 2012 Budget Act
Diego de la Mora Maurer
April, 2012

2. Context
Fundar has been analyzing health from a financial and budgetary perspective from its foundation in 1999.
Our work is focused around the human rights obligations of states and how those obligations interact with public budgets and policies.

3. Context
In 2009 we discoverd that a way to disclose important information was advocating for changes in the Budget Act.
That year, working with other organizations we were able to include an article to know what indicators were being used in the Results oriented budget reform.

4. Change of strategy: the Oversight Commission at the Federal Congress.
budget negotiation
Change of strategy: the Oversight Commission at the Federal Congress.
In 2011 we worked with the Oversight Commission and found out that there was a special form to be filled to include changes in the budget.
So we wrote a wish list…

5. Budget changes proposed
Information on access to health benefits and medicines
Information about the impact of the Popular Insurance in the health and personal budget of those insured
The particular impact on women and children of the public budget on health
Priorities in the resources for infrastructure: poorest municipalities first.
The obligation to inform about resources transferred to municipalities

6. Changes in the Article 40 of the Budget Act
Impact so far…
Changes in the Article 40 of the Budget Act
Medicines
Pocket spending
Infrastructure

7. Lessons learned Changing the norm does not directly change reality
Accesing information is a first step
Policy recommendations from civil society are much stronger when information is complete

8. Thank you!
Fundar
@FundarMexico
@diegodelam