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A 6 page research paper that describes the problems of the health care system in Zimbabwe, as well as global health, in general. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the health concerns of one region do not remain isolated from the rest of the globe. As the spread of HIV/AIDS across the globe illustrates, national health systems ignore global
health concerns at their own peril. However, it also remains true that each region has its own principal health focus. For example, the principal health concerns of communities located in
rural Zimbabwe are typically the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and malaria, while the concerns of urban Canadians generally focus on cancer and heart disease (Jacobsen, 2008). The following examination of the
health concerns evident in Zimbabwe, relating these to the governance of the region and health disparities that should be addressed. Background Zimbabwe, which was formerly known as Rhodesia, was
a colony of Great Britain until United National sanctions and guerilla warfare ultimately led, in 1979, to free elections and independence in 1980, as Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe: Introduction, 2011). Robert Mugabe
gained political power at that time and held it, through a coercion, intimidation and election fraud, until opposition to his rule resulted in Morgan Tsvangira sharing power with him prime
minister, while Mugabe continued to function as president, in 2009. Mugabes policies, over the decades, have caused the "exodus of white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages
of basic commodities" (Zimbabwe: Introduction, 2011). Consequently, the Government of National Unity (GNU), which was established in 2009, faced enormous problems: specifically, a non-functioning economy, with 94 percent
unemployment; close to 50 percent of the population needing food; a cholera epidemic; HIV/AIDS affecting over 15 percent of adults aged 15-49; and a health system that had collapsed (Todd,
et al, 2010). Health disparities The life expectancy of a child born in Zimbabwe in 2005 is only 37, while babies born in European nations, as well as Japan,
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