Covid-19 highlights need for universal health coverage, says Mkhize
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Cape Town: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for universal health coverage and the urgent need for Africa to develop, manufacture and distribute its own vaccines and biotechnology, says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
He was speaking during an online webinar to commemorate World Health Day, with various African health leaders including Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization regional director for Africa.
The country’s theme for World Health Day for 2021 is “Towards Fairer and Healthier South Africa .
Mkhize said the country commemorated health at a trying time for almost every country in the world, irrespective of their social, political or economic conditions.