THE Presidential Delivery Unit says the Ministry of Health should work on maintaining the 90 per cent drug availability status in health facilities as opposed to reversing those gains. On Monday, Zambia received the first batch of essential medicines and medical supplies procured from Egypt at a cost of US$24 million under a government-to-government agreement. Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said the bulk medical supplies would increase the availability of essential drugs in health centres to 90 per cent. And commenting on this in an interview, PDU delivery manager for drug supply and enhanced public services Alfred Sakwiya described the arrival of the medicines as a success. “The Minister has talked about 90 per cent in terms of commodity availability from...