Zimbabwe marks 45 years of independence as health services reach more remote areas. The government brought medical care closer to people through its devolution program. What started in 1980 as efforts to expand rural healthcare has become a nationwide initiative. Healthcare governance structures operate across all provinces, with local leaders making decisions. Provincial medical directors implement strategies that address specific community needs.
Health worker training happens locally as nursing schools recruit students from their areas. This ensures that professionals serve in their home communities after graduation. The Primary Care Nurse program sends graduates to underserved regions. Specialist doctors practice medicine, surgery, and pediatrics at provincial hospitals instead of just in city centers. New hospitals opened in Stoneridge and Cowdray Park, with more coming to Mberengwa, Manhize, Zaka, and Bulilima.
The ministry delivers medicines directly to remote clinics through its last-mile delivery system. To reduce medicine losses, it replaced paper records with electronic tracking. Emergency response centers opened in several provinces to handle disease outbreaks quickly. The government builds trauma centers along major highways where accidents happen often. Air ambulance coverage was expanded to help more patients during emergencies.
Health worker training happens locally as nursing schools recruit students from their areas. This ensures that professionals serve in their home communities after graduation. The Primary Care Nurse program sends graduates to underserved regions. Specialist doctors practice medicine, surgery, and pediatrics at provincial hospitals instead of just in city centers. New hospitals opened in Stoneridge and Cowdray Park, with more coming to Mberengwa, Manhize, Zaka, and Bulilima.
The ministry delivers medicines directly to remote clinics through its last-mile delivery system. To reduce medicine losses, it replaced paper records with electronic tracking. Emergency response centers opened in several provinces to handle disease outbreaks quickly. The government builds trauma centers along major highways where accidents happen often. Air ambulance coverage was expanded to help more patients during emergencies.
