Zambia has allocated K6.4 billion towards medicines and medical supplies in the 2026 National Budget, but concerns over medicine availability have renewed questions about how effectively drugs are monitored across the health supply chain. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Zambian Business Times-ZBT Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Paul Chibwe says stronger monitoring is needed to ensure medicines procured with public funds reach health facilities and, ultimately, patients. Dr Chibwe says investigations into drug theft should cover the entire supply chain rather than focusing only on cases involving lower-level health workers. “In terms of these grassroots thefts,...
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