International Medical Corps (Zimbabwe)

Amid a decade of economic decline in Zimbabwe due to ongoing drought and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, International Medical Corps has delivered quality health and nutrition services to vulnerable populations in food-insecure rural areas, contributed to improved nutrition and helped reduce the spread of waterborne diseases by improving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices.

International Medical Corps began working in Zimbabwe during the 2008–09 cholera epidemic, implementing a comprehensive package of health, water and sanitation interventions for affected populations. In 2013, in response to food and nutrition insecurity in the country’s southern region, we expanded our health and nutrition activities as part of a US Agency for International Development Food Assistance Program, serving more than 66,000 community households. Today. as COVID-19 threatens to further exacerbate food insecurity, we continue to provide nutrition and WASH support to underserved communities, with a focus on vulnerable mothers and children.

International Medical Corps has so far supported health workers across 78 health facilities in 14 districts, including nine district hospitals in Zimbabwe.