ZIMBABWE: EU pledges millions for improved health services

The European Union (EU) has pledged US $19 million towards a Zimbabwe's 'Vital Health Programme', to secure much needed medicines and antiretroviral drugs.

According to senior EU officials, the programme was essential to improve health services in the nation with an estimated HIV prevalence rate of 20.1 percent.

The three year grant would also help boost medical supplies, health care training and measures aimed to place staff in remote rural health facilities.

"However, it remains the government's responsibility to ensure that the health services available to the Zimbabwean population are sustained and improved," EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, said in a statement.

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