Health Promotion Fund
Government special fund
Mongolia's health promotion fund, stipulated in the Tobacco Control Law in 2005 and approved by the Law on Government Special Funds in 2006, which regulates the collection, expenditure, reporting and monitoring of government special funds (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub, Mongolian Health Promotion Foundation profile). Starting from 2006 it has been funded by two percent of excise tax on tobacco products, one percent of excise tax on alcoholic beverages, and two percent on drug registration, and currently receives funds from the government only (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub).
A Council responsible for the annual work programme and financial management governs the foundation, the Minister of Health is chairman of the Council, and the Ministry of Finance is responsible for monitoring and auditing its activities (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub). Its grants are awarded competitively to government institutions, non-profit organisations and citizens for health promotion programmes (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub).
MONEY
Budget scale - DOCUMENTED
The estimated annual total budget was MNT 3 billion (USD 1.02 million) in 2019, and MNT 2.5 billion (USD 851,254) in 2020 and 2021 (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub, Mongolian Health Promotion Foundation profile).
Grants awarded in 2020 and 2021 - DOCUMENTED
A total of 271 project proposals were received in 2021, of which 87 projects were selected and funded; the fund's own table records 66 grants totalling MNT 2,588,889,850 in 2020 and 87 grants totalling MNT 2,506,238,200 in 2021, across non-communicable disease prevention, infectious disease prevention, environmental health, accident prevention, mental health and alcohol, tobacco and drug harm, rational drug use and medical ethics (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub).
RECORD
Legal basis in tobacco law - DOCUMENTED
Article 10 of the Tobacco Control Law provides that a Health Promotion Foundation shall be established to enhance healthy lifestyle and reduce tobacco consumption, comprised of a budget equal to 2 percent of tobacco excise tax, with its reserves kept at the special Government foundation and its charter, board composition and operational regulations adopted by the Government (Law on Tobacco Control, 2005, Article 10, via WHO FCTC implementation database). The revised Tobacco Control Law adopted by Parliament and in force from 1 March 2013 again established a Health Promotion Foundation utilising 2% of tobacco excise taxes (WHO FCTC, April 2013).
Current earmark in WHO reporting - DOCUMENTED
Two percent of tobacco excise tax is collected for the Health Promotion Fund, in accordance with the amended Law on Government Special Funds (2019) and article 10.2 of the Tobacco Control Law (2013) (WHO, MPOWER 2025 Country Profile: Mongolia).
Spending regulation amended in 2021 - DOCUMENTED
In 2021 the government amended the Regulation on spending and monitoring of Health Promotion Fund with resolution No. 323: the Health Minister gives final approval on the working group's recommended projects, the working group carries out selection and must include at least 2 representatives of NGOs, professional associations and relevant sub-councils, and NGOs and legal entities submit proposals in the first 20 days of each quarter (Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub, citing Government resolutions No. 37 and No. 323 of 2021).
Early transparency gap - REPORTED
An early assessment of Mongolia's tobacco control legislation reported that, although there was a legal provision to establish a health promotion fund using two percent of excise tax revenue, no information regarding the fund operations could be obtained (assessment report published by the UK Government publishing service, Mongolia tobacco control assessment). Decode Mongolia has not verified a specific misuse claim against the fund; audit results reports for 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 by the Mongolian National Audit Office are cited in the fund's reference list on the Health Promotion Fund Resource Hub.
Research funding example - DOCUMENTED
A nationwide cardiovascular risk screening study published in Frontiers in Public Health in 2025 states that the research was funded by the Health promotion fund (grant number 181) under the Ministry of Health in Mongolia (Frontiers in Public Health, 2025).
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