"We've Managed To Attract Many Partners & Donors".
The permanent secretary in the Health and Child Care ministry, Dr Agnes Mahomva, has claimed that the ministry has managed to attract many partners and donors. Speaking during an interview with the Sunday Mail reporter Debra Matabvu last week, she said that the ministry has already started receiving some donations from partners and donors.
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Below are excerpts from the interview:
Q: Government has been working on inviting investors /partners in the health sector, which partners or countries have you managed to lure to the country’s health sector to date?
A: I am very proud to let you know that the Health and Child Care Ministry is probably one of a few ministries that has managed to attract many partners and donors. These partners and donors include the Indian government that recently donated US$2 million worth of drugs.
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Part of the donation was officially handed over to the ministry last week and the rest is expected any time soon.
We are also working with the Indian companies for partnerships on provision of hospital equipment, medicines and construction of health posts.
Several MOUs have been signed with some Chinese companies for joint ventures that include construction of hospitals and provision of medicines and medical equipment.
Health Development Fund (HDF) project partners and donors that include Sweden, EU, UK et cetera are also working with us on programmes that focus on provision of high-quality maternal and child health services.
We are also working on setting up bonded warehouses for medicines, like we are doing with fuel, where we know fuel is already available. We do not need to import the commodity each time it runs out. We need to do that with medicines as well. We have signed a number of memorandums with some of our partners. We are now just trying to make sure we move forward with the incentives.
We think Zimbabwe is well-placed to get a more funding from Global Fund mainly due to our well-documented programme achievement.
In addition to that, we have also paid close attention to our existing partners. We talked about Global Fund which is giving us huge amounts of money. So what we are doing is to strengthen our partnerships. We produce results so that when they are ready to distribute funds for the next round, Zimbabwe is in a favourable position.
We are also working on paying up some of our commitments because at times to get the huge amount of funds, you have to pay something as well. So we are very happy to be working with these partners.
More: The Sunday Mail
