Africa-Press – Zambia. The Zambian Government has facilitated the provision of a consignment of essential medicines to Botswana, which is currently experiencing a public health emergency due to critical shortages of medicines.
Botswana’s medicine shortages have arisen from a combination of economic and systemic factors.
These challenges have led to stock-outs of medicines for conditions such as HIV, cancer and diabetes, necessitating urgent intervention.
In response, and in keeping with regional cooperation and public health solidarity, Zambia released a 20-tonne consignment of essential medicines to support Botswana’s immediate needs.
The medicines were airlifted from Zambia aboard a Botswana Defence Force C130 aircraft and received at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport by the BDF and officials from Botswana’s Ministry of Health.
Botswana’s Central Medical Stores have since received the consignment and will distribute it to health facilities.
The Ministry of Health in Zambia has assured the Zambian people that this intervention has not compromised the availability of medicines in the country.
The release of the medicines followed a careful assessment of national stock levels to ensure that the health needs of Zambians continue to be fully met.
The Ministry’s Principal Public Relations Officer, Georgia Mutale Chimonbo, in a press statement released on Sunday, said Zambia’s ability to support a neighbouring country in this manner reflects the strides the government has made in strengthening medicine procurement, supply chain management, and overall health system resilience.
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