Table 4.
Specialist MDs contracted by the MOH, February 2004
| Contract & salary schemes | N | Average monthly salary (US$) | Origin | Fund source | Total annual cost (US$) |
| Bilateral agreement | 86 | 1000 | Mainly Cuban | State budget | 1 032 000 |
| Topping up | 19 | 1647** | Mozambican | SDC/CF | 375 516 |
| "Ex-Pooling" | 32 | 2906 | Mix | CF* | 1 115 904 |
| Standard individual contract | 50 | 1300 | Mix | State budget | 780 000 |
| Individual, the same as NHS | 14 | 597 | Mix | State budget | 100 296 |
| Sub-Total | 201 | 1411 | - | - | 3 403 716 |
| Nationals (NHS salary) | 78 | 563 | Mozambican | State budget | 655 332 |
| Grand total | 298 | 1135 | - | - | 4 059 048 |
* Common fund
** Just topping up by donors. These doctors receive also a monthly average of about US$ 563 by the NHS, whose annual total cost can be found under 'NHS salary, total annual cost'.
*** Housing & travel allowances not included.