Education, Health & Housing

The Zimbabwe of today

Massive decline in the condition and quality of education, health abd housing and other services.
Human capital erosion, attrition and lack of capacity to replace and produce new skills and capacities needed in different sectors of the economy.
High HIV prevalence and mortality from AIDS.
Lack of resources in hospitals, resulting in poor health care including many neo-natal deaths.

Restore government commitment to universal primary school education, affordable and good quality secondary and tertiary education in order to build up skills base.
Implement gender policies to ensure equal rights and opportunities for both men and women.
Re-engage key national constituencies namely youth, women, workers, students, employers, rural and urban people with the state in national development
The youth offer a window of opportunity for future development. Special focus will be placed on the values and personal development of youth as the leaders of the future. A stronger emphasis on technical and vocational training to develop skills will strengthen employment creation programmes.
Establish a top-up fund to finance policies and measures to attract and retain teachers, doctors, nurses and other skilled and professional personnel.
Attract back skills from the diaspora to strengthen service provision.

Restore government commitment to free preventive medical services and affordable curative services.
Strengthen and accelerate HIV prevention programmes and increase support for HIV/AIDS victims.

Develop a housing policy that addresses the needs of the poor and encourage the public and private sectors to institute house ownership schemes for their workers.