By NATION REPORTERTHE health system in Zambia has collapsed because the supply chain for essential medicines and other medical supplies has been broken resulting in the critical and persistent shortage of drugs in the country, former Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has said.And Dr Chilufya has observed that while there had been an increase in expenditure on medicines and other medical supplies, the investmentDr Chilufya, the Mansa Central Patriotic Front Member of Parliament has appealed to Government to urgently fix the supply chain of essential medicines and other medical supplies which he said had collapsed even after there had been an increase in the budgetary allocation to the health sector.Dr Chilufya said universal health coverage should be based on resilient health systems, which needed urgent fixing particularly the supply chain which has resulted into procrastination in the procurement of drugs.Debating the 2023 budget, Dr Chilufya said it was imperative for the government to invest in the […]
Health system has collapsed
