Vice President, who is also the Minister of Health and Child Care, Constantino Chiwenga has visited Egypt to attend the Africa Health ExCon conference.
The conference will be held at Al-Manara International Conference Centre in the New Cairo district.
In an interview with state media yesterday, Chiwenga said Zimbabwe will use the conference to explore ways of improving its medical and pharmaceutical sector.
“The purpose of our visit is to come and attend a medical conference which will be opened by the President of Egypt tomorrow (today).
“Besides that, I will also be on the panel where, a number of issues will be discussed and I will also have the opportunity to discuss issues on what we should do as developing countries to address our medical situations.
“There are also a lot of exhibitors, like pharmaceutical companies which are producing a lot of drugs and vaccines that we are interested in,” he said.
The three-day conference (June 5-June 7) was organized by the Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement (UPA).
Meanwhile, 2 000 delegates representing government health entities from Africa and the Middle East are expected to attend.
However, despite Chiwenga’s visit, Zimbabwe is experiencing serious socio-economic problems. The situation has resulted in various challenges in health institutions, including critical shortages of drugs and manpower like doctors and nurses.