Zimbabwe: Underfunding Affecting Public Health System – CWGH

The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) says the country’s public health system is buckling under years of chronic underfunding leaving millions of citizens without adequate medical care.

In an interview with 263chat, CWGH executive director Itai Rusike said public health spending accounts for only a small fraction of total government expenditure leaving infrastructure and services unable to meet the population’s needs.

“Public health infrastructure is grossly inadequate to cater for the…