to Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya the availability of drugs at
Medical Stores Limited in Lusaka yesterday during a conducted tour of
the facility. Pictures By WEZI SIMBEYE/MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Government has announced that stringent measures will be put in place to ensure that no expired drugs are supplied into the country.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said that the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZMRA) have been heightened in order to ascertain the quality of any drugs supplied.
Dr. Chilufya said government is constructing a modern laboratory whose main objective will be to scrutinise the drugs being imported into the country.
He explained that the laboratory under construction Multi Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ) will be completed in August this year and that it will be bring to an end the tendency of conducting laboratory tests of drugs abroad.
The Minister of Health said this during his ministerial statement in Parliament today where he underscored the performance of ZMRA that came to effect following the Act in 2013.
Dr. Chilufya was quick to mention that government has embarked on the transformation agenda of the health sector which is aimed at improving access to quality health services.
He further stressed that the transformation agenda is evidenced by the robust infrastructure development agenda of the health centres across the country.
Shameless brother day light thieves! Aka Chalo ubunono everyday it’s just mediocrity and stealing.
Shameless broad day light thieves! Aka Chalo ubunono everyday it’s just mediocrity and stealing.
All symptoms of failure are very evident at MoH, Chitalu Chilufya please resign and save us time and trouble. You have failed, HPCZ went on a rampage and shut down innocent institutions when you were the main culprit? It’s only during your tenure that such a record number of toxic drugs have been withdrawn. These same people you bully around are laughing at you as you panic to justify this criminality. Shame on you! MoH is now a laughingstock
Really laughable…the only way they will work is when this crook Chilufya is no longer at this ministry