This article argues that Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 marked not the end of the missionary era, but its high point. Government’s poor rural health infrastructure forced it to partner missionary health institutions in order to run preventive health programmes and improve access to health services for the majority of the population. Mission health institutions formed the mainstay of rural African health care needs in the colonial period and continued to do so in the post-colonial period; with 97 clinics and 70 hospitals, and 13 of the country’s 42 designated district hospitals compared to 1 032—largely small and urban based—government, council and private health facilities. Mission health institutions were regulated by the Ministry of...
After having earned international accolades for its pro-people policies in the 1980s, especially in ...
This article provides a historical overview of the 2008-2009 cholera pandemic in Zimbabwe. Its main ...
Histories of colonial medicine in sub-Saharan Africa have tended to focus on the role of the colonia...
This article argues that Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 marked not the end of the missionary era, b...
Health is a fundamental commodity that everyone craves for. Over the years, health in Zimbabwe has b...
This paper explores how the Third Chimurenga impacted on Zimbabwe‟s health-care system. It begins ...
This research studied the implementation of the Primary Health Care approach to health service deliv...
This paper summarises Zimbabwe's legacy in both health (or disease) and health services. It the...
Summary This article outlines some of the challenges faced in moving away from a health system larg...
This thesis argues that not only have health services changed throughout the 20th century. But these...
The adoption of the primary health care approach by Zimbabwe in 1980 signalled the government’s inte...
In the year 1966, the first government hospital, Oshakati hospital, was inaugurated in northern Sout...
This paper analyses the private healthcare sector’s role in Zimbabwe’s health delivery system, espec...
Mthatha (previously Umtata), the former capital of the Transkei, is one of the most economically dep...
In the late 19th century, colonial powers sought to destroy the Mthwakazi or Ndebele state in what ...
After having earned international accolades for its pro-people policies in the 1980s, especially in ...
This article provides a historical overview of the 2008-2009 cholera pandemic in Zimbabwe. Its main ...
Histories of colonial medicine in sub-Saharan Africa have tended to focus on the role of the colonia...
This article argues that Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 marked not the end of the missionary era, b...
Health is a fundamental commodity that everyone craves for. Over the years, health in Zimbabwe has b...
This paper explores how the Third Chimurenga impacted on Zimbabwe‟s health-care system. It begins ...
This research studied the implementation of the Primary Health Care approach to health service deliv...
This paper summarises Zimbabwe's legacy in both health (or disease) and health services. It the...
Summary This article outlines some of the challenges faced in moving away from a health system larg...
This thesis argues that not only have health services changed throughout the 20th century. But these...
The adoption of the primary health care approach by Zimbabwe in 1980 signalled the government’s inte...
In the year 1966, the first government hospital, Oshakati hospital, was inaugurated in northern Sout...
This paper analyses the private healthcare sector’s role in Zimbabwe’s health delivery system, espec...
Mthatha (previously Umtata), the former capital of the Transkei, is one of the most economically dep...
In the late 19th century, colonial powers sought to destroy the Mthwakazi or Ndebele state in what ...
After having earned international accolades for its pro-people policies in the 1980s, especially in ...
This article provides a historical overview of the 2008-2009 cholera pandemic in Zimbabwe. Its main ...
Histories of colonial medicine in sub-Saharan Africa have tended to focus on the role of the colonia...