Farai Mabeza, Senior Staff Writer 
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STOCKS at state drug procurer, the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm), have gone up due to improvements in local production, the government says.
This comes after NatPharm earlier this year announced that it was now prioritising procurement from local medicine manufacturing companies to avoid unnecessary imports.
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“In terms of materials production, the Cabinet advises that there has been an increase in all categories of NatPharm stocks, most notably in those of gloves and disposable masks. There has also been an increase in all locally produced personal protective equipment,” Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told the media this week after a Cabinet meeting.
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