SA signs MoU with Zimbabwe for highway clinics

Zimbabwe and South Africa have signed a health Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see the two countries opening clinics along the Chirundu-Beitbridge-Johannesburg highway for the treatment of communicable diseases.

Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa and his South African counterpart Dr Aaron Motsoaledi appended their signatures on the document at the 67^th World Health Organisation (WHO) regional committee meeting for Africa in Victoria Falls.

The MoU will see the neighbouring countries co-operating in prevention, control and surveillance of communicable diseases as well as join forces in dealing with issues of blood transfusion, human resource development, malaria, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and research.

The MoU would also build capacity and enhance transfer of technology on usage of traditional medicine in both countries.