Zambian government promises to act on drug shortages

Zambia’s  Health Minister Sylvia Masebo  has said  Government will  prioritise  resolving  the shortage  of essential  drugs in public  health  facilities  in 2023.

This comes after a looming drug shortages in public health facilities causing panic to Zambians in recent times.

Masebo said  one of the 2023 main focus areas of the Health Ministry would  be unblocking  barriers in the supply chain of medicines and medical supplies.

She said on Tuesday  in the capital  Lusaka  when Egyptian Ambassador to Zambia Moataz Anwar paid a courtesy call on her office.

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According to the Ministry of Health  posting on its official  social media page ,the Egyptian Ambassador  presented   a message of good will and cooperation from the Egyptian Government to the Zambian Government in the health sector.

Masebo also  said  there  was need to learn from other African countries performing well in the health sector such as Egypt.

She  welcomed  the   initiative of exchange  of  programmes between Zambian medical specialists and Egyptian counterparts to share knowledge in areas of need.

Anwar  pledged continued collaboration between the two Governments