Tag: UNDP Representative to Zimbabwe Ayodele Odusola

Zim Commissions Modern Incinerator to Manage Medical Waste and Fight Climate Change

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere At a time when medical waste is being cited as one of the major contributors to climate change, Zimbabwe’s Health and Child Care Minister Dr. Douglas Mombeshora and Ireland’s Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Neale Richmond, commissioned a state-of-the-art incinerator at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital. The incinerator was installed by BoltGas with funding from the Global Fund. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) served as the implementing partner for the Ministry of Health and Child Care. Speaking after the commissioning of…

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UNDP Hands Over 450 kilowatt Solar System To NatPharm

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere UNDP Zimbabwe has handed over solar power equipment to the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) worth US$500 000 to help boost the cold chain supply system in the country. Speaking at the handover of the equipment purchased by the Global Fund against AIDS, TB and Malaria, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora commended the partners for the timely intervention coming amidst electricity challenges bedevilling the country. This occasion marks a crucial step in our country’s ongoing journey towards building resilient and sustainable health systems. Today’s launch…

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