Zimbabwe: U.S.$1,3 Billion Needed for Health Annually - Minister

20 February 2017

Zimbabwe's health care system requires a massive $1,3 billion annually to be able to deliver adequate services to a nation battling a number of chronic ailments among its poor, a cabinet minister has said.

Addressing Senators in the upper house Thursday, health minister David Parirenyatwa pleaded with legislators to help pass a budget that takes into account the plight of citizens condemned to health-related deaths due to a recurrently tiny allocations year in, year out.

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