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Church-Related Hospitals and Health-Care Provision in Zimbabwe

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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Main Author: Sophia Chirongoma
Other Authors: 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
Format: book part
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2022
Subjects:
Churches
Health
Well-being
Healing development
Online Access:https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5254
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41603-4_9
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Summary: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.