Zimbabwe's health sector, once considered one of the best in Africa, is on its knees. "Affordable quality health care guaranteed," read campaign billboards for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe protege, ahead of the July 2018 election. Six months after he narrowly won the disputed vote, Zimbabwe's health sector has widespread shortages of basic medicines such as painkillers and contraceptives. At home, everyday Zimbabweans seeking health care have had to bring their own drugs, syringes, bandages and, at times, water. Zimbabwe's health sector is "precarious," several prominent local non-governmental organizations said in a joint statement early this month.

Source: ABC News January 12, 2019 09:07 UTC