Trends of health indicators in Zimbabwe, a CE-DAT technical brief

Jönsson, Madelene;Guha-Sapir, Debarati
(2009) , 31 pages

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  • Jönsson, Madelene
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  • Guha-Sapir, DebaratiUCLouvain
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This summary aims to provide a brief overview and background to the current humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. The overall humanitarian situation is complex, including economic and food crisis, and can be attributed, in varying degrees, to droughts, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to inappropriate economic and political policies. The former breadbasket of the southern Africa has become a food aid recipient. The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has contributed to the severity of the recent cholera outbreak. The harsh political climate has hampered the work of NGOs and limited the availability of health data.
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Jönsson, M., & Guha-Sapir, D. (2009). Trends of health indicators in Zimbabwe, a CE-DAT technical brief (CRED Working paper 247). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/179474