
Community Working Group on Health Calls for Innovative Ways to Deal with Health Crisis
By Mumera Wisdom , 09 , Dec 2017 in News Slider
0 0Harare, Zimbabwe(News of the South)-The Community Working Group on Health has outlined various factors still constraining the local health sector in the country whilst maintaining the need for government to come up with creative ways to fund the critical sector.
In a position paper released during a post budget meeting on Friday in Harare the CWGH has stated that funding for the sector is still little whilst reliance on external financing is too high.
“Th high dependency on external financing is unreliable, unpredictable, unsustainable and highly dependent on the political environment, raising concerns on the sustainability of health financing institutions”
“This also has implications for equity, as out of pocket payment hit the poorest the hardest”, it said.
According to the paper the main sources of health financing are employers accounting for 28% followed by households at 25%, external financing at 24% and government trails far behind at 21.4%
In the structurally damaged country the number, quality and capability of health care workers as a ratio of the population is also very low.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) as at 2011 Zimbabwe had a skilled health professionals density, per 10 000, of 12.7
“This points to a huge deficit as WHO identified in 2006 a minimum density threshold of 22.8 skilled health professionals per 10 000 people to provide the most basic health coverage.
As a way to deal with these challenges CWGH has urged government to boost spending on health without undermining fiscal sustainability by exploring strategies for innovative mobilisation of significant resources building on best practices.
These include taxing goods and services that are considered bad for the individual or society at large.
“Examples include taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and products and activities with negative environmental consequences”
“Other progressive tax options include property tax, inheritance tax and capital gains tax”, it said.
The state of the country’s health facilities has continued deteriorating over the years as the acute economic ,conditions have suffered.
The case has not been helped by the withdrawal of international financial institutions from lending the country any money due to a huge debt.
As at December 2016 total public debt for both domestic and external stood at a staggering US$11.3 billion of which US$7.3 billion is external.
0Comments
About Author
Latest News
Election Commission List Announced at Extra Ordinary Politburo Meeting
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) The ..
Mugabe Messed Up Says Thomas Mapfumo
By Joe Mafana. “You messed up” ..
Masvingo To Host Great Zimbabwe International Festival In September
By Martin Muleya. Masvingo city is in for ..
Videos : Great Zimbabwe International Festival
The Great Zimbabwe International Festival ..
Like Us On Facebook
SUBSCRIBE: YouTube Channel

Forget Motivational Stories: Write Your Own
By Pearson Mbendera I have read a lot of ..

Winky D Shines At First Ever Zim Dancehall Awards
By Daniel Muzana Zimbabwe`s Winky was the ..

Vast Outcry For The Prodigal Son
Milton Mashasha Sports Reporter in Byo,Zim ..

Whizz Kid 11 Year Old Joshua Ngoka Builds Computer
London, United Kingdom. – AN 11-YEAR-OLD ..

A Story Of Love As Kenya Mourns The Westgate Mall Massacre
By Anoziva Marindire The Nairobi Westgate ..

Inconsistency Costs The Chevrons Against Afghanistan
By Perkins-Tino Bare. Harare, Zimbabwe. (News ..

Election Commission List Announced at Extra Ordinary Politburo Meeting
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) The ..

Mugabe Messed Up Says Thomas Mapfumo
By Joe Mafana. “You messed up” ..

Masvingo To Host Great Zimbabwe International Festival In September
By Martin Muleya. Masvingo city is in for ..

Videos : Great Zimbabwe International Festival
The Great Zimbabwe International Festival ..

IBFD Africa Tax Symposium Comes To Kenya
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE/Knowledge ..

Zimbabwe Needs To Become Local Production Reliant For Economy To Grow : CZR
By Stephen Chandisareva. Harare, Zimbabwe. ..
Murderer Kombian Returns To The Docks
Ghana`s notorious robber, Johnson Kombian, ..
Leaked Alangizi Video: Defending Alangizi, My Testimony
By Musamba Mumba Too much crap has been said ..
Eritrea Human Rights Abuses Highlighted At UN Review
Geneva – Eritrea was on Monday accused ..
Zimbabwe Communist Party Blasts Opposition Parties
By Munesu Chigada Harare, Zimbabwe (News ..
Silence Is Golden But Not In Business
By Pearson Mbendera I am the silent type. ..
Mandatory Circumcision of Inmates In Prisons
By By Mutinta Moono Hanyama (Zambian Eye) ..