Health care changes after independence and transition to majority rule
Barry, M.; Cullen, M.R.; Thomas, J.E.; Loewenson, R.H.
JAMA 263(5): 638-640
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-7484 PMID: 2296114 DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440050030009Document Number: 376687
The authors describe briefly the recent history of health in post-independence Zimbabwe, covering health care under colonial rule, the policy after independence, changes in the health services, and changes in health status that have been observed. [This interesting article brings out the political dimensions of health care in a frontline African state; it is all the more interesting because of its publication in the usually conservative Journal of the American Medical Association.]Susan Foster.