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Title: Post-independent economic policies and their impact on health care delivery in Zimbabwe
Authors: Zingi, Godwin, K.
Keywords: Health care delivery
economic blueprint
Zimbabwe
Issue Date: Dec-2022
Publisher: Great Zimbabwe University
Series/Report no.: Vol.2;No.2
Abstract: Post-independent economic policies have had a bearing on health delivery outcome in Zimbabwe. The primary function of health systems is to provide high-quality and universal health services. At the same time, through their spending and investments, health systems play an important role in the status and stability of national and regional economies. The analysis of the relationship between economic blueprints and health care delivery help to understand the institutional setting of health. The paper is based on desktop research, focusing on published articles and journals, policy documents interrogation. During the first decade of independence Zimbabwe perused the socialistic model of development, under the policy document health with equity, structural adjustments led to the adoption of neoliberal policies that led to cut in government expenditure. The research further interrogates the impact post 2000 economic policies and their impact on health delivery.
URI: http://ir.gzu.ac.zw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/653
Appears in Collections:Volume 2 ,Number 2 , 2022

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