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Zimbabwe
Photo © 2020 UNICEF/ Karel Prinsloo
Twenty year old pregnant Zanle Chisa get a check up at the Tanganda Rural Health Centre near Mutare, Zimbabwe, Feb, 5, 2020 .
Every Woman Every Newborn in Zimbabwe
Download the full profile with additional key demographics, progress against milestones, and more.
This profile was developed in May 2023, using data from 2018-2023.
Photo © 2013 UNICEF/ Jordi Matas
In April 2013 in Zimbabwe, a woman and her infant await care at the Madamombe rural health centre in Chivi District, Masvingo Province.
National mortality targets
Maternal mortality ratio
240 per 100,000 live births by 2025
Stillbirth rate
No data
Neonatal mortality rate
20 per 1,000 live births by 2025
Progress to meet the national maternal, newborn mortality and stillbirth reduction targets
Photo © 2013 UNICEF/ Jordi Matas
In April 2013 in Zimbabwe, a young woman, holding her infant, recovers in a maternity ward the day after giving birth, in Chivi District, Masvingo Province.
Progress to meet Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere coverage targets
MNH Acceleration Plan highlights
- Improve funding for maternal and newborn health by disaggregating maternal health and newborn expenditure data in the national health expenditures, mobilizing additional domestic resources and engaging the private sector.
- Increase the availability of high impact medical equipment and commodities through advocacy for increased domestic and donor investment into high impact technologies.
- Improve health worker availability and motivation: Use the results of the Health Labour Market analysis as advocacy to stem midwives attrition.
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Photo © 2011 UNICEF/ Giacomo Pirozzi
2011, A health worker checks blood pressure of a pregnant woman at Neshuro District Hospital in Mwenezi, some 150km from the town of Masvingo(south of Zimbabwe). UNICEF supports maternal and child health care including PMTCT at the hospital.
Quality of care in Zimbabwe
As part of its efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths, Zimbabwe is taking steps to improve the quality of maternal and newborn health. These include:
- National Health Sector Quality Framework is operationalized, guided by local evidence on priority drivers of quality of care failures.
- Community engagement and social accountability on Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is improved, building on the implementation of the National Community Health Strategy.
News and events
Launch of the Implementation guidance on transitioning to midwifery models of care
June 3, 2025
Wednesday 18 (online), with two webinars to accomodate different time zones.
World Patient Safety Day: Safe care for every newborn and every child
May 28, 2025
The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2025 is ‘Safe care for every newborn and every child.
Resources
State of the world’s nursing report 2025
May 22, 2025
The 2025 edition of the State of the world’s nursing provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the nursing workforce. The report features new indicators on
Joint Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere and Child Survival Action on the impact of ODA cuts
May 16, 2025
Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere and Child Survival Action joint messages on the impact of ODA cuts on maternal, newborn and child health. Prepared for
The Midwifery Accelerator: Expanding health care for women and newborns
April 8, 2025
The Midwifery Accelerator: Expanding Quality Care for Women and Newborns is a call to invest in midwifery care to save and transform the lives of women and their newborns around the world.