Zimbabwe: Cheap Medicine Worth U.S.$60 Million Smuggled Into Zimbabwe Yearly
Zimbabwe: Cheap Medicine Worth U.S.$60 Million Smuggled Into Zimbabwe Yearly
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By Paidashe Mandivengerei
MEDICAL drugs worth US$60 million are smuggled into Zimbabwe every year as the demand for cheap medical supplies remains high, the Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has revealed.
The smuggling of drugs is perpetuated by the high demand for cheaper medical supplies in the country where the economy is struggling and the majority of citizens cannot afford to spend much on medication.
Imported medical drugs are more expensive than locally manufactured as they are subjected to tax, transport and distribution costs and as such their exorbitant prices are out of reach to struggling citizens.
By Paidashe Mandivengerei
LOCAL anti-corruption body, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has accused doctors employed in public hospitals of making unnecessary and illegal referrals to woe desperate patients to their private surgeries.
In its latest report on corruption in the public health sector in Zimbabwe, the anti-graft lobby group said public health medical practitioners and specialists were using uncouth means to attract clients to the healthcare private sector where they own surgeries.
In recent years, Zimbabwe has witnessed a sprout of private medical surgeries
in its major cities and towns which citizens largely rely on as the public healthcare sector is deteriorating.
By Paidashe Mandivengerei
MEDICAL drugs worth US$60 million are smuggled into Zimbabwe every year as the demand for cheap medical supplies remains high, the Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has revealed.
The smuggling of drugs is perpetuated by the high demand for cheaper medical supplies in the country where the economy is struggling and the majority of citizens cannot afford to spend much on medication.
Imported medical drugs are more expensive than locally manufactured as they are subjected to tax, transport and distribution costs and as such their exorbitant prices are out of reach to struggling citizens.
In its latest report, ‘Illicit Financing in Zimbabwe’s Health Sector’, the anti-graft coalition said 20% of the drugs consumed locally are acquired as contraband.
By Staff Reporter
MUTARE City Council says it has stopped allocating land to private land developers and is currently working on solving problems which were created by land barons in some settlements.
City housing director Emma Mandiziba said this during a Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) Interface meeting which was held in the eastern border city recently.
The meeting was attended by various stakeholders including residents’ associations, civil society and real estate operators.
“Land developers had left citizens in inhabitable settlements without proper water, sanitation, roads and drainage services.
“We have realised with regret how private land developers have left most of the settlements without proper services like water, sanitation, roads and drainage systems thereby leaving citizens in flood prone areas,” said Mandiziba.
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