Zimbabwe: Forex Crisis - Hospitals and Pharmacies Reject Medical Aid As Drug Prices Hit the Roof

THE country's crisis-hit health sector faced fresh challenges over the weekend as pharmacies and private hospitals rejected medical aid schemes as prices of critical drugs hit the roof.

Zimbabwe has been in the throes of a cholera epidemic which claimed nearly 50 lives across the country with more than 7,000 cases reported in development blamed on lack of clean water supplies and broken sewer infrastructure.

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