Since 1980 independence from Britain, he is accused of masterminding
massacres of opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe and post-2000,
of violence against the new opposition, the Movement for Democratic
Change.
Many in Africa laud him for taking land from more than
3,000 white farmers for resettlement, a move which bankrupted the
economy. Defeated in elections in 2008, he went into a unity government
but won handsomely in disputed polls last year.
Recently the issue has to factionalism as the main driving force of dis unity in the political arena and influencing the economic outcome of the country as well.
Zimbabwe, the public health system is the largest provider of
health-care services, complemented by Mission hospitals and health care
delivered by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In recent years,
economic decline and political instability have led to a reduction in
health-care budgets, affecting provision at all levels. In the past five
years, the country’s poorest have suffered the most, with a 40 per cent
drop in health- care coverage (1). Chronic malnutrition limits the
life prospects of more than one third of the country’s children (2).
Zimbabweans continue to experience a heavy burden of disease dominated
by preventable diseases such as HIV infection and AIDS, malaria,
tuberculosis and other vaccines.
A lack of trained medical staff remains a significant problem. Many
health professionals have left the country to find better salaries and
working conditions elsewhere.
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