Part 1: Introduction.- Chapter 1: The COVID-19-Health Nexus: Trends and Dynamics.- Part 2: Health system dynamics in a COVID-19 environment.- Chapter 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe: A Spatial and Temporal Perspective.- Chapter 3: Public Safety and Health Systems in the Context of Covid-19 in Zimbabwe: Gaps and Prospects.- Chapter 4: Devolution as Health Governance Paradigm Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe: Convergences and Divergences.- Chapter 5: The Global COVID-19 Pandemic: A Strategic Opportunity for Operationalizing One Health Approach in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 6: An Analysis of the Dynamics of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe Using the Extended SEIR Model with Treatment and Quarantine.- Chapter 7: Indigenous health practices and lifestyles: Can they help Zimbabwe transform its health systems in the face of Covid-19 pandemic?.- Chapter 8: Virtual communities in supporting access to health services during COVID-19 pandemic: The Implications and Impacts on Zimbabwes health system.- Part 3: COVID-19 restrictive measures and related impacts.- Chapter 9: Decongesting global cities as part of Health Reform in the era of COVID-19: Impacts and implications for Zimbabwe.- Chapter 10: Deciphering Synergies and Tradeoffs Between COVID-19 Measures and the Progress Towards SDG 15: Implications on Health Systems in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 11: The Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Development in Zimbabwe: Implications on the Health Delivery System.- Part 4: Vaccine uptake and diplomacy.- Chapter 12: COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy. Interrogating the Trends, Dynamics and Implications for the Health Delivery System in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 13: The Complexities of Public Health Communication on COVID-19 Vaccination in Social Media. Implications on Zimbabwes Health System.- Chapter 14: COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy: Tracking the Chinese, Indian and Russian global pathways and undertones.- Part 5: Conclusion.- Chapter 15: The COVID-19-Health Systems Nexus: Conclusions, Emerging trends,Key findings and Policy implications.
This contributed volume, based on papers presented at a conference held in Zimbabwe in mid-2021, examines the nexus between Zimbabwes health systems and the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection of papers contained here is diverse and covers topics from how health systems handled (or didnt handle) surges to health communication during a global pandemic to economic and environmental impacts of the pandemic in Zimbabwe. Editors Drs. Edward Kunonga, Lazarus Chapungu, and David Chikodzi set the stage for these pieces with an introductory chapter that describes the health systems in Zimbabwe and offers an overview of the effects of the pandemic felt in the country. Their concluding chapter synthesizes trends and issues emerging from the chapters and recommends policy directions regarding health management systems in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in the face of this and future pandemics.
Lazarus Chapungu(Editor-in-Chief) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute for Corporate Citizenship, UNISA. He has worked as a senior lecturer and research chair in the Department of Physics, Geography and Environmental Science at Great Zimbabwe University. He served as a chapter scientist in the 6
th Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III Chapter 2. His research interests are in contemporary environmental issues, climate change, sustainable development and biodiversity.
David Chikodzi (Co-Editor) is a Post-doctoral research fellow in the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environment Science from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), Masters degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Geography from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).
Kaitano Dube(Co-Editor) is an Associate Professor of Tourism Geography at Vaal University of Technology. He is a National Research of Foundation Y2-rated researcher who has researched and widely published (books and journal articles) on climate change, tourism, aviation, COVID-19 and sustainability. He is currently an editor of Tourism Geographies and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism. He holds a PhD in Environmental Management and an MSc in Geography from the University of South Africa. He graduated with Hons BSc from Midlands State University.
