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Getting healthcare reform right takes a balanced approach

Importantly, utilisation data from affected Zimbabwean schemes suggests that society-owned facilities represent only one component of broader provider networks.
By Katlego Mothudi Jun. 27, 2026

Private health sector decries excessive regulations, limited patient choice

THE Private Healthcare Association of Zimbabwe (PHAZ) has raised concern over what it says is an excessive regulatory burden and limited patient choice in the healthcare sector
By Donald Nyandoro Jun. 25, 2026

Private health care providers bemoan 'excessive' regulation

"The challenge which we have been facing is a number of regulatory issues, so many regulations in our industry and so many licences," she said.
By Donald Nyandoro Jun. 25, 2026

Cimas opens registration for Healthathon 3.0

Participants are expected to develop Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) that provide practical and scalable solutions to real-world healthcare delivery challenges.
By Evans Mathanda Jun. 25, 2026

Who really benefits from SI 330 amendments?

No healthcare system should tolerate practices that undermine patient welfare, distort competition or place institutional interests ahead of those of the people it serves.
By Gilbert Nyatanga Jun. 19, 2026

MPs demand law overhaul as elderly ‘left to suffer’

Inflation, currency instability and rising healthcare costs continue to erode whatever assistance is available, leaving many elderly citizens trapped in a cycle of poverty.
By Lesley Kufandada Jun. 18, 2026

Breaking healthcare to fix healthcare? The dangerous logic behind SI 330 amendments

The position paper submitted by major medical aid societies asks a simple but uncomfortable question: What problem exactly is this reform trying to solve?
By Kudzai Nyatanga Jun. 11, 2026

Cimas Healthathon 3.0 accelerates push for digital healthcare solutions

Akaketwa said entries must offer original, locally relevant solutions to challenges within Zimbabwe’s healthcare system.
By Evans Mathanda Jun. 9, 2026

NAC-backed mobile clinics rescue vulnerable Bulawayo patients 

Acting on the advice, Chipepera visited the mobile clinic when it next arrived in ward 6 — a decision she says changed her husband’s condition significantly. 
By Evans Mathanda Jun. 3, 2026