Table 3.

Successes of vertical funding

Subtheme	Quote
Infrastructure	“After the Peace Agreement, we had a massive support for reconstruction of the infrastructure; not only the destroyed ones but also we built new health centers and hospitals. Along with that, new equipment was put in place as well as medical supply and others…if we didn’t have International aid, nothing would have been done.” (National director)
	“[it] is true that the indicators are improving, if you look at ART, there are more than hundred thousand in treatment, we begun with about 8 thousand in 2005.” (National director)
	Source: 41 interviews of Mozambique Ministry of Health managers 2008