An in-depth Study on the impacts of Operation Murambatsvina Trained home-based care providers Clinic No-one What treatment were/are you on? Nevirapine ART Opportunistic treatment [eg. TB] No treatment Other treatments 63% 35% 5% 24% 33% 21% 20% 61% 19% 19% 39% 7% 33% 11% 46% 40% Or data also showed that, in every area of care and treatment, the HIV/AIDS households have seen significant and negative changes. There is little change in access to clinics, but it must be remembered that most clinics can offer little in the way of medical treatment, except for opportunistic infections. However, very large percentages have lost access to care and treatment, with significantly high numbers receiving no care or treatment. Our data on the consequences for the sufferers of HIV/AIDS are a cause for the deepest concern. The picture is wholly negative, and ranges from loss of care, even from families, and loss of nutritional support, through to the loss of vital medication, and finally to higher rates of psychological disorder. These are not unexpected results, and could have easily been anticipated in the planning of Operation Murambatsvina; certainly these consequences could have, and should have been pointed out by the Ministry of Health if it had been consulted. Legal issues As regards housing, it is common for people in situations of scarce urban housing to find more informal modes of accommodation. This may lead to the development of shantytowns, but, in Zimbabwe’s case, and based on the Zimbabwe Government’s own data, this was not a serious problem in Zimbabwe. As UNHABITAT has estimated, in 2003, Zimbabwe had a slum population of about 157,000 [3.4% of the total population], a position that was very different to the general African picture. Had building destroyed Paying rates Not authorized Council Authorized by: Government Politician Housing co-operative Households that had lease agreements Leases in their own name Relative Leases in Friend another name: Landlord Co-operative Property registered with a council Proportion [%] 58% 76% 36% 39% 8% 10% 7% 34% 31% 22% 5% 56% 17% 43% vi Our data strongly endorses the views of UNHABITAT: it does not suggest a large population of slum-dwellers, but rather a population of substantial citizens. A majority was paying rates, and a majority of these had some form of authorization for their occupancy.