Zimbabwe: Health Ministry Pushes Back After Minister’s Criticism

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has issued a strongly worded statement in response to comments made by Youth Empowerment Minister Tino Machakaire, who criticised Zimbabwe’s deteriorating public health system yesterday, calling it a “national shame” and demanding urgent action.

Machakaire’s remarks, which have been widely circulated on social media, triggered a rare public rebuttal from the Health Ministry, which described the criticism as part of a “broader pattern of unwarranted and…