Zim faces drug shortages

MASVINGO — A senior official in the Ministry of Health and Child Care has disclosed that the country was experiencing a serious shortage of life-saving clinical drugs because the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) was unable to meet demand.

By Tatenda Chitagu/Garikai Tunhira

Addressing a media workshop in Masvingo yesterday, Ropafadzo Hove, the national director for pharmacy services in the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the shortages were so dire that they put the country’s disaster preparedness in limbo.

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