The total allocation for this programme amounted to R113 842 million (down from R761 703 million). The programme shows 92.6% expenditure outcome of R105 362 million (2011/12: R741 483 million), with under- expenditure of R8.480 million. The under-expenditure is related to slow spending by the non-communicable diseases (NCD) cluster. However, only 11 of the 19 targets (57.8%) were achieved. This represents average performance against high budget expenditure.