Commissions Watch 27th March [ZHRC Press Statement on Doctors' Strike]
The Commission notes with concern that due to the inadequate and poor
facilities in most public health institutions, the leaders within the
Government of Zimbabwe generally shun the services that are a product of
their policies and decisions. Instead they seek treatment in private health
facilities and even travel beyond Zimbabwean borders for health services.
This practice, in our view, displays a clear lack of confidence in the public
health delivery system by our leaders and compromises commitment and
resoluteness in ensuring the recovery of the system. Further, it relegates
such services to the poor who have to contend with the deteriorating health
standards, which fly in the face of the rights based approach to
development. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]
to which the Zimbabwean Government has committed include targets to
achieve good health and well-being for all. This cannot be achieved if the
current challenges bedeviling the Zimbabwean health delivery system are
not addressed with the urgency and seriousness that they deserve.
The ZHRC calls on the parties involved and relevant to the current impasse
to expedite engagements and ensure an immediate and lasting solution,
bearing in mind the agony of those who are sick in our midst. The
Government of Zimbabwe in particular as the duty-bearer in the fulfilment
and enjoyment of the right to health is encouraged to show leadership in
the face of this national crisis, and ensure that the public health institutions
are functional.
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