MARONDERA, Zimbabwe, 2 November 2011 — In a move to revitalise
Zimbabwe’s ailing health system, the Government, in partnership
with UNICEF and international donors, has launched the Health
Transition Fund to reduce the country’s high maternal and child
mortality rates. |VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Anja Baron reports
on a new Health Transition Fund created by the Government of
Zimbabwe in partnership with UNICEF, which aims to revitalize
the national health care system and integrate maternal and child
survival programmes. Watch in RealPlayer| The fund will
strengthen health systems and help abolish healthcare user fees
for children and women, saving tens of thousands of lives and
accelerating progress on the health-related Millennium
Development Goals. A dramatic decline in services In the last
decade, Zimbabwe has witnessed a dramatic decline in health
service delivery, resulting in a devastating increase in child
and maternal mortality. Currently, one in three children is
stunted and nearly 100 children die