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Forward Nyanyiwa Correspondent
Newly-appointed Secretary for Health and Child Care, Dr Agnes Mahomva, said there is urgent need to resuscitate the country’s health service delivery system.
She also called for professionalism, expertise and technological advancement in public hospitals and clinics.
This, she indicated, will be integral to achieving the health dividend as part of the economic turnaround and Vision 2030 of attaining a middle income economy status.
Speaking to The Herald from Rome, Italy, last Friday, Dr Mahomva said: “I can definitely say I am very aware of the many challenges our system is currently facing. They need strong technical leadership, professionalism, and public health expertise and that is what I will bring to the table.”
She said the country needed a functional and sound health delivery system in a bid to restore its former glory when Zimbabwe was ranked among top countries renowned for world-class health service delivery that has been battered over the past two decades by sanctions-induced challenges.
“I am excited to take up this post. It is a challenge worth fighting for. Zimbabwe desperately needs a well-run system for healthy and prosperous nation,” she said.
Of late, doctors have been downing tools claiming hospitals were incapacitated to sufficiently handle the influx of patients due to critical scarcity of basic consumbles such as gloves, needles and bandages.
There has also been concerns about the welfare of health practitioners.
Dr Mahomva was appointed last month, taking over from Dr Gerald Gwinji.
She has a wealth of experience in the administration of the health sector locally and internationally.
In 2011 Dr Mahomva received a USAID – Auxillia Chimusoro leadership award in recognition of her HIV programme work in the country and in 2015 she was named the Director of the Year Award by the Zimbabwe Institute of Directors for the NGO and Parastatal Category.
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