Prosper Ndlovu in ST PETERSBURG, Russia
VICE President, Kembo Mohadi, is in St Petersburg this morning where he is expected to tour Pharmasyntex – Nord Group, a giant Russian firm that manufactures critical medical drugs for the global market and is keen to partner with Zimbabwe to help improve health services.
The Vice President’s visit comes at a time when Zimbabwe is pushing to domesticate production of essential medicines and position itself as a hub for specialist medical treatment in Southern Africa, leveraging its growing health cooperation with Russia.
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, who is also in charge of the Health cluster, is leading a technocal delegation of health sector and pharmaceutical experts, following up on the 2025 Memorandum of
Understanding signed between the two countries’ Ministries of Health.
The Zimbabwean technical delegation comprising Deputy Minister of Health and Childcare, Sleiman Kwidini, Public Health Advisor in the Office of President and Cabinet, Dr Agness Mahomva, and private sector players in the pharmaceutical industry.
VP Mohadi has just arrived at the factory and has been welcomed by senior company executives and preliminary briefing is underway.
More to follow…
