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Zimbabwe's Health Sector Severely Underfunded - Mombeshora

4 months agoSat, 23 Nov 2024 07:45:33 GMT
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Zimbabwe's Health Sector Severely Underfunded - Mombeshora

Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has said Zimbabwe’s health sector is severely underfunded and has failed to meet the 15% Abuja target.

In April 2001, African Union countries gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, where they committed to allocating at least 15% of their annual budgets to the health sector.

Speaking at a High-Level National Health Financing Dialogue in Harare on Thursday, Mombeshora said that the underfunding of the health sector has crippled essential health services in the country. He said (via NewsDay):

Government allocations towards health have persistently been below the 15% Abuja target. In 2024, only 9,8% of the total budget was allocated to health.

Resource mapping conducted by my ministry shows a consistent funding gap, especially in the primary health care scenario.

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Mombeshora, however, said government had managed to reduce malaria cases by 76% and made progress towards attaining the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets despite the funding challenges. He said:

Efficiency in health spending cannot be overemphasised. Every dollar spent on health must yield the maximum possible benefit…

Public resources alone cannot meet the growing demands for quality healthcare. We need strategic investments from the private sector, international partners and civil society.

Investing in health is not just about outcomes, it is an economic imperative. A dollar spent on health yields a tenfold return.

Zimbabwe’s health sector faces a myriad of challenges which include a shortage of skilled professionals, a shortage of essential medical supplies and brain drain.

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15 Comments

Leeschantel ,,,"""☆d daughter of Engineer in Mali 🇲🇱!!.♤ · 2 weeks ago
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Kamoto · 4 months ago
I applied for September nurse intake but to no avail please help me
Vybz Kartel · 4 months ago
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Patricia Mhlanga💝💖💗 · 2 weeks ago
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🌄🧱🍓🎊💞🍒🏆🍑🌽🍕👙 · 4 months ago
he must specify about skilled professional.
shurushuru · 4 months ago
you're part of the problem cde minister 🙄
citizen · 4 months ago
Umwe neumwe pabasa rake.Hatina ruzivo nezvekutongwa kwenyika kana mapazi ehurumende.Muzvipatara tohwa kuti hamuna kumira zvakanaka.Magetsi ari kunetsa munyika,nzara/zhara yakura munzvimbo dzetogara.Izvezvi yakanaya asi mbeu kana fertilizer hatina.Vana takaendesa kuzvikoro asi mabasa hakuna.Ko zvacho zvakakosha ndezvipi nokuti unohwa kuti nhasi vaenda uko mangwana uko neboka revanhu vazhinji.Mangwana vatenga motokari dzinodhura mazana maviri,vakazodai vakadzi.lpapo panenge pachibuda maMillions of both Zig and US dollars.Saka upenyu hwemunhu hauna basa ka.Kana nguva iya yasvika iye munhu uya wemai neglecter munenge mavekumuda kuti akudzoserei pabasa mugodya nemhuri dzenyu mungomukangamwa futi.Upenyu ma1 so,heyi
Sir African · 4 months ago
Government considers buying cars is more important than investing in public healthcare. For 44 years they have never meet the Abuja target and this an indiction that they are not able to meet the MDG( whatever it is I have no idea) and the upper middle class is just a pipe drean.In 1980s the slogan was "health for all by 2000 " since then it has gotten worse. It's a miracle that Covid 19 and other diseases did not wipe us and we should thank God for that but next time we will not be so lucky.
Black forest · 4 months ago
MDGs for millennium Development Goals had expired, we now have Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
wischigonero · 4 months ago
chabango ahana kutora bato asi akatora zita chete kana usingazivi zveopposition nyarara iwe da k o rakazara shenya mwana wehu re
Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
😁😁 kana opposition ikuchema funding kusvikira Chamisa akabva avhara mari ye mota ye bulletproof ndokutorerwa bato na Tshabangu apa they are also suffering brain drain Biti nevamwe vakabva vatiza zve opposition 🤣🤣🤣
Official ofishau · 4 months ago
the devil surely lives amongst us
Mp · 4 months ago
iwe tinokushandisa kurova slogan then tokupa frezzit
Sir African · 4 months ago
@Yoyoyo.You must a dunderhead of the highest order,Chamisa never asked anyone for a car.It was a donation from well wishers.He doesn't even know what happened to it though it is still to be delivered.

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