Health ‘gets’ €60m Czech fund

By JAMES KUNDA –THE Czech Republic has pledged €60 million to support Zambia’s health sector, seeking an immediate signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries to actualise the pledge.And President Hakainde Hichilema has directed the quick finalisation of legal instruments by the Ministry of Justice to fast-track the implementation of schemes […]

Health ‘gets’ €60m Czech fund
• PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema (left) talks to Czech Republic Deputy Prime Minister Marian Jurecka (centre) during a courtesy call at State House in Lusaka yesterday.
Picture by SHABBY MULOPWE/ZANIS

By JAMES KUNDA –
THE Czech Republic has pledged €60 million to support Zambia’s health sector, seeking an immediate signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries to actualise the pledge.
And President Hakainde Hichilema has directed the quick finalisation of legal instruments by the Ministry of Justice to fast-track the implementation of schemes under the various agreements signed with the Czech Republic.

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