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CWGH 2006 National Conference Resolutions
Community Working Group on Health (CWGH)
July 25, 2006

"We, the delegates attending the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) 13th National Conference held at the Cresta Oasis Hotel in Harare from 5 - 6 July 2006:

Having

  • Discussed and understood issues pertaining to Community Participation in Health;
  • Discussed the Public Sector Health Workers Conditions and Quality of Health Care;
  • Discussed how to improve communication between health workers and clients in implementing the Patient Rights Charter;
  • Taken audit of our operations as a working group on health in Zimbabwe
  • Discussed CWGH District reports priority areas for the CWGH and the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)

Noting

  • The challenges lying ahead in order to remain visible and relevant
  • The success and failures recorded by CWGH so far
  • The appalling working conditions of Public Health workers
  • The continued deteriorating of quality care in health institutions
  • The poor communication between health workers and clients and implementing patient rights.

Lamenting

  • The serious exodus of health personnel
  • The poor salaries and allowances for health workers
  • The poor physical working environment under which health workers work
  • The inadequate equipment and drug supplies in hospitals and clinics
  • The poor housing or no provision of housing for health workers
  • The poor transport and means of communication for health workers
  • The lack of recreational facilities for Health Workers
  • The harsh economic climate in Zimbabwe
  • The near collapse of the health delivery systems
  • The high cost of health delivery in Zimbabwe.
  • The lack of disability user-friendly facilities in health institutions

Resolved and recomment that:

  • CWGH continues to take a leading role in encouraging Community Participation in Health
  • CWGH lobby the Health Services Board and the Government for better working conditions for Health Workers
  • CWGH must lobby relevant government departments and Parliament on priority issues identified by communities
  • CWGH readies its members for a rights-based health delivery system
  • CWGH lobby for improved social conditions that affects people's health
  • CWGH works towards improvement of communication between Health Workers and Clients
  • CWGH takes a leading role in Educating, Dissemination of Information on the Patient Charter and the Millennium Development Goals.
  • CWGH seeks representation in the Health Service Board
  • CWGH increases collaboration with Health Worker organisations
  • CWGH remain non-partisan in order to influence national policy decisions
  • CWGH strengthens dialogue with other stake holders in order to utilize their institutions in information dissemination
  • CWGH must lobby the Commission on Social Determinants for interventions that are country specific

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