To join the campaign contact the following:
 | Campaign Focal Point | Allan Chaumba |
| campaigns@anticorruptiontrust.org | ||
| Telephone contact | +263(0) 78 949 0816 | |
| +263(0) 78 949 0816 |
 | Description of the IssueThe Zimbabwe health sector, especially the public health sector, is the most deplorable due to lack of drugs, brain drain as most health personnel leave for greener pastures. In some institutions there are allegations of stealing of drugs by health personnel. In the same sector ACT-SA unearthed cases in which some nurses and doctors desert patients at public health facilities preferring to spend their time at their private health institutions. ACT-SA demanded that such elements within the health sector who deserts patients suffering and dying should be removed. Most importantly, ACT-SA demanded that the government revisit its policy that allows health personnel to operate private businesses that conflict with their duties and responsibilities as civil servants. |
| What is the proposed solution? |
ACT-SA proposed a set of recommendations in its report titled “Conflict of Interest and other Forms of Corruption affecting Health Service Delivery in Zimbabwe”. The report sets out allegations of conflict of interest, other forms of corruption, criminal activities and the abuse of medical facilities in government hospitals. ACT-SA asked policy-makers the following questions that should be answered.
a) Whether medical practitioners in the employ of the government should continue to be allowed to run their own private businesses offering the same services that they offer for their employers?
b) Whether pharmacists should also be allowed to operate private pharmacies selling similar medication that they dispense for and on behalf of the government?
c) Whether doctors should continue to be allowed to treat private patients using government facilities; It is clear that the status quo, if maintained, will not or at all, help to improve the health service delivery in the country.
| What has ACT-SA done? |
ACT-SA circulated its Report to policy-makers including health regulatory authorities. Download the following report
 | CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND OTHER FORMS OF CORRUPTION AFFECTING HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN ZIMBABWE | Download |
Responses in support and against the campaign
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| Zim Anti-Corruption Group Wants Doctors Banned from Running Private Surgeries and pharmacies | Pressure group flags doctors for double dipping, shortchanging patients | Anti-Corruption Group Wants Doctors Banned From Operating Private Surgeries |
| 28 February 2023 | March 6, 2023 | Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:01:45 GMT |
| The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) says medical personnel in Zimbabwe should not be allowed to operate private business such as private hospitals, pharmacies and others as it may be in conflict with their duties and responsibilities as doctors, nurses and pharmacists among other trades. Read More | KWEKWE – Kwekwe based pressure group, Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has called on authorities to step in and stop some public hospital doctors from shortchanging poor citizens through spending much of their time in their private hospitals. Read More | The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) says doctors who work in government hospitals should not be allowed to operate private businesses such as private hospitals, pharmacies and others as it may be in conflict with their duties and responsibilities. Read More |