Health Resilience Fund (HRF) handed over medical equipment and supplies worth over USD$9.2 million to Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care at National Pharmaceutical Warehouse in Harare on 4 July 2024.
The HRF funding partners are the European Union, the Governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, while UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO are the technical partners of the Fund.
The Fund supports three health pillars: ending preventable maternal, newborn, child and adolescent deaths; global health security; and health systems strengthening.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Deputy Minister Sleiman Kwidini, the Minister, Douglas Mombeshora acknowledge the HRF for the achievement in the in strengthening health service delivery.
“We extend our deepest appreciation to the funding partners of the Health Resilience Fund for this generous and timely support,” said Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Hon. Sleiman T. Kwidini.
According to HRF co-Chair and Programme Manager at the Embassy of Ireland Mr Dumisile Msimanga said that the target populations of the Health Resilience Fund are women, adolescents, girls and children who are at risk of being left behind in provision of basic essential health services.
The medical commodities were procured by the technical support from United nations Children Fund (Unicef), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
The consignment included:
- ICT Equipment: Essential for E-learning, modernizing health information systems, enabling efficient data management, and supporting telemedicine initiatives.
- Fistula Repair Kits: Crucial for the surgical repair of obstetric fistula, a severe childbirth injury that can be life-threatening and severely debilitating for affected women.
- Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) Kits: Used for safe, manual post abortion procedures, helping to reduce maternal mortality from unsafe abortion practices.
- Anaesthetic Machines: Vital for ensuring safe and effective anesthesia during obstetric and other surgical procedures, thereby improving surgical outcomes.
- Operating Theatre Tables: State-of-the-art tables designed to enhance surgical efficiency and patient safety.
- Neonatal Incubators: Essential for providing a controlled environment for premature and critically ill newborns, significantly improving their chances of survival.
- Phototherapy Machines: Used to treat neonatal jaundice, a common condition in newborns that, if left untreated, can lead to severe complications.
- Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garments: Life-saving devices that help stabilize women suffering from obstetric hemorrhage, one of the leading causes of maternal death.
- Tranexamic Acid: A medication that reduces bleeding, crucial for managing postpartum hemorrhage.
- Oxytocin: A hormone used to induce labor and reduce postpartum hemorrhage, essential for managing childbirth and preventing maternal deaths.
- Maternal Health commodities.
- Cholera response supplies.
- Essential medical commodities.
- Ready to use therapeutic food to treat malnutrition.