Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe
This chapter analyses the role of the Zimbabwe Church Health Association (ZACH). The author discusses the role of the missionaries in the provision of health care in the country. Further, she analyses the partnership between church hospitals and the government after independence. She maintains that...
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| author | Sophia Chirongoma |
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| description | This chapter analyses the role of the Zimbabwe Church Health Association (ZACH). The author discusses the role of the missionaries in the provision of health care in the country. Further, she analyses the partnership between church hospitals and the government after independence. She maintains that during the crisis years church hospitals continued to operate when government hospitals ground to a halt. The chapter underscores the role of the churches in contributing to health in Zimbabwe. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-52542022-11-24T20:13:22Z Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe Sophia Chirongoma Religious Studies Department, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR), College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa Churches Health Well-being Healing development This chapter analyses the role of the Zimbabwe Church Health Association (ZACH). The author discusses the role of the missionaries in the provision of health care in the country. Further, she analyses the partnership between church hospitals and the government after independence. She maintains that during the crisis years church hospitals continued to operate when government hospitals ground to a halt. The chapter underscores the role of the churches in contributing to health in Zimbabwe. 125 147 2022-11-24T20:13:21Z 2022-11-24T20:13:21Z 2020-05-23 book part https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5254 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41603-4_9 en The Zimbabwe Council of Churches and Development in Zimbabwe 978-3-030-41603-4 open Palgrave Macmillan, Cham |
| spellingShingle | Churches Health Well-being Healing development Sophia Chirongoma Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe |
| title | Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | church-related hospitals and health-care provision in zimbabwe |
| topic | Churches Health Well-being Healing development |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5254 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41603-4_9 |
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