Zimbabwe’s healthcare system, once functional, has been decimated not by internal misgovernance alone but by 24 years of debilitating Western sanctions—sanctions that eroded the tax base, slashed health funding, and triggered a mass exodus of medical professionals. Backed by findings from the UN Human Rights Council and the U.S. Congress, this article explores how these sanctions crippled a nation’s ability to provide healthcare, the staggering $101 billion needed to restore it, and the real question Zimbabweans must ask: who will fund the health system we now demand? #WeNeedReparations
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