Poverty in Zimbabwe

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Introduction

Zimbabwe officially the Republic of Zimbabwe) is alandlocked country located in the southern part of theAfrican continent, between the Zambezi and Limpoporivers.

Capital: Harare. Official language(s): English, Shone, Ndebele. Government: Semi presidential, parliamentary,

consociation list republic President: Robert Mugabe Prime Minister: Morgan Tsvangirai


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GDP (PPP)

2010 estimate

Total

$4.644 billion

Per capita $395
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Facts &findings

Zimbabwe is still a backward & a poor country. Death rate is high, people are engaged in manufacturing

coffins as a business. No cleanliness, no proper facilities like food, water& other

basic amenities. People are illiterate, suffer from malnutrition, tuberculosis

and majority suffer from hiv aids . No proper social and medical services. No government response or any development activity

undertaken.

Ngos are coming forward to improve their health conditionby visiting each house & helping.


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Current economic conditions Land allocated to poor farmers are distributed in corrupt way

by polticians. Short term gains were often made by selling the farms

equipment. The loss of agricultural expertise also triggered a loss of

agricultural financing and market confidence which made

recovery almost impossible. Subsistence farming. Hyperinflation. State enterprises are strongly subsidized, taxes and tariffs

are high. Unemployment raised to 94%.


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Why are they poor? Main occupation farming. Cash crops like tobacco,maize &

grains. Government land reforms, weak support services, lack of

credit, and acute shortages of essential inputs such as seeds,fertilizer and fuel.

Drought, irrigation facilities, low productivity

Food insecurity continues to worsen both for urban and ruralpopulations.

Food products was imported People started migrating led to decline in human resource.

No proper social & public health services.


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Government response The 2007 Empowerment Bill was drafted for presentation

to parliament in July 2007. It was signed into law byPresident Mugabe on 7 March 2008. The law requires allWhite or foreign owned business to hand over 51 percentof their business to indigenous Zimbabweans.

Price control

Black market

HIPC (highly indebted poor country)


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growth rate from 1980 to 2006.

Zimbabwe's GDP annual


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HIV ti i Zi b b


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HIV prevention in Zimbabwe

Education Voluntary counseling &testing Mother to child transmission Condom Antiretroviral drugs\

(arvs)


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education

Efforts to prevent the spread of HIV in Zimbabwe havebeen spearheaded by the NAC, non-governmental,

religious and academic organizations Unicef & other organization are teaching in schools about

hiv aids. Teachers are given training in hiv aids life skills &

counseling message spread through television and radio, drama,

and community groups. Major victims of hiv are young people they are trained and

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Voluntary counseling and testing Government emphasized this scheme in nation aids policy

1991

Number of health services are offering this test andcounseling program and it is increased from 395 to 1560.

People are tested individually to know their health status andit is kept secret as their may be discrimination among thenormal people and victims.


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Mother to child transmission 17000 children are affected every year. Pmtct program was introduced in 1999 nation wide.

It aims to provide pregnant women with free VCT and givethem access to nevirapine, a drug that significantly reduces thechances of transmission occurring.

Due to lack of fund, nevirapine drugs are not accessible thisleads to low consumption of drugs and increase in transfer ofhiv from mother to child.

pregnant ladies are tested often to check the condition of thechild whether it is effected from hiv or not.


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Condom use Increased condom use has been recognized as a major

factor in the recent decline in Zimbabwes HIV prevalence

The number of free condoms distributed by thegovernment, NGOs and social marketing campaignstripled during the 1990s, and further increased insubsequent years

The number of condoms sold through the private sectorhas also increased dramatically, and most condoms are

now purchased rather than acquired for free, suggestingthat condom use has become more accepted inZimbabwean society
http://www.avert.org/condom.htmhttp://www.avert.org/condom.htm


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conclusion

Many ngos and other communities are takingmany steps to improve the social and healthcondition of Zimbabwe country but still povertyexists and death rate are high. Governmentshould consider such countries and try todevelop or else we will be deleting Zimbabwecountry from our world map in upcoming days.


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thank you .alex

jagadishnikhilroopa

suraj

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