adopt measures aimed at the prevention of domestic violence.71
The Constitution obligates Government to take all practical
measures to ensure the provision of basic, accessible and
adequate health services throughout Zimbabwe.72
15.2. The Public Health Act gives effect to these constitutional provisions
as it provides for the protection of public health, including the
prevention and suppression of infectious and sexually transmitted
diseases, as well as the regulation of the provision of safe water
and food supplies and improved sanitation.
Administrative Measures
Health Care Delivery System
15.3. The health care services in Zimbabwe consist of four levels; health
facility, district, provincial and central levels. Implementation of
health services is mainly at district and health facility level with
policy formulation and administration at provincial and central
level.
Health Care Financing
15.4. Health care services are financed from several sources, inclusive of
government allocations, private and voluntary medical aid / health
insurance schemes, direct out of pocket payments and
development assistance from both bilateral and multilateral
organizations. Government remains the major source of health
financing in the public sector with taxation being the major source
of revenue.
15.5. Zimbabwe has made progress in the area of Primary Health Care
from 1996 to date. Since the presentation of the Initial Report,
Government, through Ministry of Health and Child Care, has
71
Section 25 of the Constitution
72
Section 76 of the Constitution
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