what are the innovative ways to curb unemployment in ZIMBABWE
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Not so long ago, there was a time when most working people could afford to provide health cover for their families. I remember my sisters visiting the clinic with their medical aid card at the slightest hint of a headache; after all, we were paying for it every month. Health, being a vital aspect of people’s lives, deserves priority as a factor in general. While a lot of attention has been focused on the continuous laying off of workers as a sign of Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil, it is important to note that this will also affect people’s health as those forced to live from hand to mouth will end up compromising their health in order to focus on other ways to sustain their livelihoods.
“Allowing employers to terminate contracts of employment without paying retrenchment packages will have a catastrophic bearing on the well being of the general Zimbabwean populace”, said Itai Rusike, Director of Community Working Group on Health(CWGH).
Rusike said the workers who have recently found themselves jobless are highly likely to suffer psychological and mental depression.
Psychological and mental health
Mental health is defined as a state of well being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. Issues of mental health in Zimbabwe are rather obscure, being taken by some as ‘madness’ or spiritual affliction, or by others as an illness which runs in the family. Such labelling, in turn, brings stigmatisation which encourages the disengagement of the affected person from society. As such, a person affected by losing their job might tend to experience mood swings or acute stress if help is not given to them either through family support or counselling. This might then build up to a more serious mental disorder.
Health Minister, David Parirenyatwa, is on record as having said that economic hardships, coupled with drug abuse, have contributed significantly to the increase in people suffering from mental disorders in the country with statistics estimated at 1.3 million countrywide.
“Allowing employers to terminate contracts of employment without paying retrenchment packages will have a catastrophic bearing on the well being of the general Zimbabwean populace”, said Itai Rusike, Director of Community Working Group on Health(CWGH).
Rusike said the workers who have recently found themselves jobless are highly likely to suffer psychological and mental depression.
Psychological and mental health
Mental health is defined as a state of well being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. Issues of mental health in Zimbabwe are rather obscure, being taken by some as ‘madness’ or spiritual affliction, or by others as an illness which runs in the family. Such labelling, in turn, brings stigmatisation which encourages the disengagement of the affected person from society. As such, a person affected by losing their job might tend to experience mood swings or acute stress if help is not given to them either through family support or counselling. This might then build up to a more serious mental disorder.
Health Minister, David Parirenyatwa, is on record as having said that economic hardships, coupled with drug abuse, have contributed significantly to the increase in people suffering from mental disorders in the country with statistics estimated at 1.3 million countrywide.
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