WAZIRI WA AFYA UMMY MWALIMU ATEMBELEA MSD

Waziri wa Afya, maendeleo ya Jamii,Jinsia,Wazee na Watoto, Ummy Mwalimu akitembelea moja ya ghala la kuhifadhia dawa iliyopo makao makuu ya MSD,kushoto ni Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa MSD Laureane Bwanakunu na watatu kushoto ni Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya MSD Prof.Idris Mtulia.

Waziri wa Afya , Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia Wazee na Watoto Mhe. Ummy Mwalimu ametembelea Makao Makuu ya Bohari ya Dawa (MSD) na kuahidi kuwa balozi wa kuhakikisha deni la serikali linalipwa ili kuiwezesha MSD kutekeleza majukumu yake kwa ufanisi.

Waziri huyo ameeleza hayo baada ya Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa MSD, Laurean Bwanakunu kueleza kuwa ukosefu wa fedha na deni la serikali ni changamoto kubwa inayoathiri utekelezaji mzuri wa majukumu ya MSD.

Mbali na hilo, Waziri wa Afya amesema mbali na deni hilo, hata kiasi cha fedha kinachotengwa na serikali kwaajili ya hospitali, vituo vya afya na zahanati na kununua dawa hakitoshelezi mahitaji, hivyo lazima suala hilo lifanyiwe kazi mapema, huku akisisitiza hata kiasi hicho kidogo kinachopatikana kitumike vizuri.

Katika hatua nyingine ameishauri Bohari ya Dawa kuanza utaratibu wa kununua dawa na vifaa tiba moja kwa moja kutoka kwa wazalishaji, kuhakikisha dawa muhimu zinapatikana wakati wote na kuiagiza MSD itangaze kwenye vyombo vya habari dawa zote ambazo zinapelekwa vituoni, zahanati na kwenye hospitali, ambapo Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa MSD, Laurean Bwanakunu ameeleza kuwa tayari MSD imeshaanza kubandika kwenye mbao za matangazo za hospitali orodha ya dawa inazofikisha.

Waziri huyo ambaye alifuatana na Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara, Dkt. Donald Mbando na watendaji wengine pia alitembelea maghala ya kuhifadhia dawa ya MSD, jengo la ofisi linalojengwa pamoja na kuwa na mkutano na menejimenti ya MSD, ambapo pamoja na mambo mengine ameipongeza MSD kwa hatua iliyofikia ya kuweka nembo ya GOT kwenye vidonge vyake ili kudhibiti upotevu wa dawa za serikali pamoja na kuanzisha maduka ya dawa Muhimbili, na mengine yanayotarajia kufunguliwa hivi karibuni mkoani Mbeya, Arusha na Mwanza.

Waziri Ummy Mwalimu alihitimisha kwa kusema kuwa ajenda yake kuu ni upatikanaji wa dawa kwa wakati, kama rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. John Magufuli alivyoaainisha, hivyo MSD itekeleze majukumu yake ipasavyo kwani mafanikio ya MSD ni mafanikio kwake pia.

Waziri Ummy akiuliza jambo kwa wafanyakazi wa bohari hiyo.

Waziri huyo akiendelea na ukaguzi wa maghala hayo, kulia ni Mkurugenzi wa Ugavi Misanga Muja na kushoto ni mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Bohari hiyo.

Baadhi ya watumishi wakiendelea na kazi ya kuhakiki dawa kwenye moja ya ghala mojawapo.

Waziri Ummy akielekea kwenye ujenzi wa jengo jipya linaloendelea kujengwa, ambapo linatarajiwa kumalizika kujengwa mwezi Juni, 2016 ,Kushoto ni Katibu mkuu wa Wizara hiyo Dkt. Donnan Mmbando.

Mkurugenzi wa MSD Bwanakunu akieleza dira,malengo na majukumu ya Bohari hiyo.

Waziri wa Afya, Maendeleo ya Jamii,Jinsia,Wazee na Watoto, Mh. Ummy Mwalimu akiangalia dawa zilizowekwa nembo ya serikali (GoT) ambayo itasaidia udhibiti wa upotevu wa dawa nchini.

Waziri huyo akionesha kopo la dawa la Bohari ya dawa.

Waziri Ummy akimuonesha ukurasa wa ugawaji fedha za bohari Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Bohari ya dawa Prof.Idris Mtuliya.(Picha zote kwa Niaba ya Wizara ya Afya).

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Burundi's president threatens to fight African peacekeepers

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View photo: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza speaks during a news conference in Bujumbura, Burundi, May …

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened on Wednesday to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, in his most confrontational comments yet on a mounting political crisis.

The African Union said this month it was ready to send 5,000 peacekeepers to protect civilians caught up in months of violence, invoking for the first time powers to intervene in a member state against its will.

"Everyone has to respect Burundi borders," Nkurunziza said in comments broadcast on state radio.

"In case they violate those principles, they will have attacked the country and every Burundian will stand up and fight against them ... The country will have been attacked and it will respond," he said, in his first public response to the AU plan.

Other government officials have already said any peacekeepers arriving without Burundi's permission would violate its sovereignty.

More than 220,000 have fled since the crisis erupted in April, triggered by President Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.

Opposition groups took to the streets saying he was violating constitutional term limits. But he pointed to a court order allowing his campaign and was re-elected in a disputed July vote.

A failed coup, continued clashes and gun attacks in the central African nation have unsettled a region where memories of the 1994 genocide in neighbouring Rwanda are still raw.

(Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Andrew Heaven