An in-depth Study on the impacts of Operation Murambatsvina TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ............................................................................................................................ i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......................................................................................................... iii Tony to work on (please acknowledge these) ......................Error! Bookmark not defined. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... iv RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................... xi TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................... xii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................. xiii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................... xiv 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................ 1 2. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ...................................................................................... 5 2.1 Trauma ................................................................................................................ 5 2.1.1 Trauma and complex emergencies.................................................................... 5 2.1.2 Trauma in Zimbabwe....................................................................................... 6 2.2 Health and HIV/AIDS ........................................................................................ 8 3. METHODS .................................................................................................................. 12 3.1 Sampling ............................................................................................................ 12 3.2 Sample size......................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Areas surveyed ................................................................................................... 12 3.3.1 Harare............................................................................................................ 12 3.3.2 Bulawayo........................................................................................................ 13 3.3.3 Mutare ........................................................................................................... 13 3.4 Instruments........................................................................................................ 13 3.4.1 Self-Reporting Questionnaire [SRQ-8] ........................................................... 13 3.4.2 Trauma Questionnaire.................................................................................... 13 3.4.3 HIV and AIDS .......................................................................................... 14 3.4.4 Legal issues .................................................................................................... 14 3.4.5 Losses ............................................................................................................ 14 3.5 Analysis.............................................................................................................. 14 4. RESULTS .................................................................................................................. 15 4.1 Trauma and Operation Murambatsvina.............................................................. 15 4.1.1 Prevalence of psychological disorders ............................................................ 15 4.1.2 Types of trauma ............................................................................................. 15 4.1.3 Variation in types of trauma ........................................................................... 17 4.1.4 Trauma types over the years: ......................................................................... 18 4.2 HIV/AIDS ........................................................................................................ 20 4.3: Legal Issues........................................................................................................ 23 5. CONCLUSIONS....................................................................................................... 26 5.1 Trauma .............................................................................................................. 26 5.2 HIV/AIDS ........................................................................................................ 26 5.3 Legal issues ........................................................................................................ 27 5.4 Losses ................................................................................................................ 27 6. RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................................................... 28 xii