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<p>The Bill is in part designed to change the legal framework of heath workers' rights
in Zimbabwe - including, for example, potential imprisonment for undertaking industrial
action.</p><p>It is possible this Bill and the potential changes to terms and conditions
of service could negatively impact the ability of service providers to recruit and
retain staff - thus reducing wider capacity in the health sector.</p><p>We regularly
raise issues, including freedom of peaceful assembly and association, with the Zimbabwe
government. The former Africa Minister discussed these issues with Zimbabwe's Foreign
Minister last June, and our Ambassador made a public statement on this in October.</p>
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