City of Masvingo Health Services Department holds familiarization meeting with partners

The City of Masvingo Health Services Department today held a familiarization meeting with partners as a strategic move to build strong relationships, foster collaboration, and ultimately enhance public health outcomes.

Familiarization meetings serve as a platform for stakeholders to share knowledge, discuss challenges, and identify opportunities for mutual support.

The key objectives of familiarization meeting is to introduce partner organizations, share goals, objectives, and areas of expertise, discuss collaboration opportunities, identify potential areas of collaboration and how to leverage resources, establish communication channels, define communication protocols to ensure seamless information exchange and build trust and rapport, foster open communication and encourage active participation.

By holding familiarization meetings, the Council’s Health Services Department can create a robust network of partners, ultimately strengthening community health initiatives and improving the well-being of residents.

Partners which were present include New Start Centre, Zvandiri, Friendship bench, ZNNP, Pangaea Zimbabwe, FACT Zimbabwe, My Age, JF Kapnaek and Ceshhar