Madar (Algiers) - Algerian Health Minister Mohamed Seddik Ait Messaoudene on the evening of Monday, October 19, 2026, announced 28,329 new budget posts in the sector under the 2027 finance bill, the Algerian daily Echorouk reported.
Presenting his budget to the finance and budget committee of the People's National Assembly, the minister said most of the posts would go to public health establishments to recruit specialist and general doctors, paramedical staff and midwives.
He said the sector's allocation would rise by 8.64% between 2026 and 2027, and that its budget rests on three main programmes: prevention and treatment, health training, and general administration.
Ait Messaoudene also outlined 363 new investment operations to build hospitals and polyclinics and to rehabilitate and equip health facilities, as well as legislative measures to ease the financing of medical and surgical emergencies and the purchase and maintenance of radiotherapy equipment, aimed at improving cancer care and cutting waiting times.
