Republic of Zimbabwe

Government of Zimbabwe
http://www.gta.gov.zw/

The House of Assembly in Zimbabwe joined the APRN in 2005 and MPs, parliamentary staff and representatives have since taken part of various training sessions on Community Monitoring of Poverty.

In Zimbabwe, the pilot project in community monitoring was led by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) together with the Women and Aids Support Network (WASN). The pilot project in Zimbabwe monitored the government program to distribute free ARVs to those infected with HIV/AIDS and analyzed whether the government assistance programs reached the most vulnerable. Carried out in the Glen Norah constituency, enumerators were selected from a group of people living with HIV/AIDS and were subsequently trained in community monitoring tools such as the citizen report card and the community score card. The pilot project showed that ARVs were not free everywhere, although government policy stated that they should be. It also pointed out the link between ARVs and the cost for transportation, as ARVs are not accessible everywhere. The access to services was a very long process, which stopped many from getting access. Services for children had not been taken in consideration sufficiently within the program, which has been raised in Parliament.

For more information about the pilot project, please contact: Mr. Lovemore Machengedzera, Parliamentary Assistant: machlovemore@yahoo.com

Official name Republic of Zimbabwe   Population 12,2 millions (2006) Capital Harare Type of legislature Bicameral; Senate and House of Assembly Women in Parliament 16% (2006) Major languages English (official), Shona, Sindebele % of population below poverty line 80% (2004 est.) HIV-AIDS prevalence 24.6% (2001 est.) Literacy rate male: 94.2% female: 87.2% (2003 est.) GDP per capita $2,000 (2006 est.) HDI (2006) 0.491, ranks 151 out of 177 countries