‘Health delivery model outdated, underfunded’

ZIMBABWE’S health delivery model is outdated, underfunded and no longer able to meet the needs of the population, leading to needless deaths, worsening national vulnerability and mass emigration of skilled personnel, it has emerged.

This was revealed yesterday by veteran surgeon and church leader Matthew Wazara at the ongoing 4th edition of the In Conversation Ideas Festival in Nyanga.

Wazara, who was speaking on Building Blocks of a Healthy Nation, said Zimbabwe once operated one of Africa’s strongest and most innovative medical systems, but has since suffered collapse across training, infrastructure, funding and service delivery.

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