National Health Strategy (NHS) 2021-2025.

The National Health Strategy (NHS) 2021-2025 builds on the National Health Strategy 2016-2020 by addressing identified existing gaps and sustaining the gains achieved thus far through a comprehensive response to the burden of disease and strengthening of the health system to deliver quality health services to all Zimbabweans. This Strategy aims to strengthen the provision of equitable, affordable and quality health and related services at the highest attainable standards to all Zimbabweans. It targets to attain a level and distribution of health at a level commensurate with that of a middle income country, through attainment of specific health impact targets. The strategic directions are structured around 10 outcomes, and 4 key result areas.
Outcomes are: 1) Improved leadership and governance of the health sector - Strategic interventions include development and implementation of policies and strategies to improve accountability and transparency in the health service; Strengthen Health Sector Research; Strengthen health sector coordination, Leadership and management capacities; Promote health in all policies. 2) Improved Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent health and Nutrition - Strategic directions include improve sexual and reproductive services to cater for victims of sexual abuse and gender-based violence; strengthen nutrition program so that it caters for needs from infancy to adulthood. 3) Improved health infrastructure and access to medical equipment for quality health service delivery. 4) Reduced Morbidity and Mortality due to Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases - strategic directions include reduce preventable disease burden due to NCDs through multisectoral collaboration while taking guidance from global commitments; reduce preventable disease burden due to consumption of unsafe food and water.5) Improved access to Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary and Quinary care health services - Strategic interventions include expand equitable access to quality health services; Integration of traditional and complementary medicine. 6) Improved access to essential medicines and commodities. 7) Increase access to Water, Sanitation and Health Environment - strategic interventions include strengthen water quality monitoring; increase protection of primary drinking water sources; increase awareness on health care waste management and disposal at health institutions. 8)Improved Human Resources Performance in the Health Sector. 9)Increasing domestic funding for health services. 10)Improved Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capacities