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Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer risk in Zimbabwe: A population based case-control study
(Elsevier, 2018)
BACKGROUND: The rising incidence of colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa may be partly caused by changing dietary patterns. We sought to establish the association between dietary patterns and colorectal cancer in ...
Intergovernmental planning and budgeting in Zimbabwe: Learning the lessons of the past
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2017)
In Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister’s Directives on Decentralisation and Development of 1984 and 1985, together with the Provincial Council and Administration Act 1985, constitute the foundation for postindependence attempts ...
Politics, centralisation and service delivery in urban Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
The politics of urban control has revolved around centralisation since independence in 1980. However, such politics became more pronounced after 2000 owing to the rise of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ...
Socio-economic rights in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
From 1980 to 2017, Robert Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe through a regime that posed as
‘democratic’ but which for all intents and purposes was a dictatorship. The power of the
government stemmed not from the will of the people ...
Socio-economic rights in Zimbabwe: Trends and emerging jurisprudence
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2017)
In a country such as Zimbabwe where many are deprived of opportunities
and resources owing, in part, to injustices of the past, socio-economic
rights are of the outmost importance. As a result, the new Constitution ...
Implementing results-based management systems in Zimbabwe: Context and implications for the public sector
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)
The article focuses on the introduction of the new concept of results-based management (RBM) in Zimbabwe’s public sector. The major tenets of RBM are explored and examined against traditional implementation-focused public ...
Decentralization in Africa and the resilience of traditional authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe’s track record
(Regional and Federal Studies, 2015)
This paper looks at one of the most important endogenous factors influencing the workings of decentralization in Zimbabwe. Successive waves of formal institutional change that took place during Zimbabwe’s colonial and ...
The use of heroism in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) intra-party factional dynamics
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Much of what we know about Zimbabwe's liberation war heroes and heroines is associated with the Zimbabwe African Notional Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)'s recognition of individuals who defended its hold on power. However, ...
Sector wide approach in health policy response and framework in Zimbabwe
(Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2012)
The discourse is on the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) in health, a policy reform intervention by the World Health Organization, and focuses on Zimbabwe’s response, and the subsequent health policy framework. A SWAp is a ...
Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a serious problem with a wide range of health consequences
including poor maternal and newborn health outcomes. We assessed the relationship between IPV, forced first ...