Zimbabwe intends to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), African Agenda 2063, in accordance with Vision 2030 and the NDS 1. By aiming to raise domestic funding for Health to meet the 15% Abuja Declaration and, eventually, the USD84 per capita World Health Organization threshold, the Government of Zimbabwe demonstrated its strong commitment and acknowledgement of the importance of investing in the health of the nation as a key element to sustainable development. This pathway is guided by The Investment Case of the National Health Strategy 2021-2025 by the Global Financing Facility which advocates for efficiently utilizing the resources available while implementing the agreed high impact strategic actions. 

One of these strategic interventions is the improved reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition with the promotion of research and evidence generation for effective program development and policy. Zimbabwe has been actively monitoring and evaluating progress towards achieving MNCH-related SDGs including key impact indicators such as under five mortality rate (U5MR), neonatal mortality rate (NMR), infant mortality rate (IMR), and maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to ensure their reduction is expedited in order to achieve the 2030 target.  

• Juliet Nyamasve from the University of Zimbabwe was selected as a Countdown fellow for 2024; access her poster about user fees and inequalities.
• Completed both phases of the multicountry study on maternal and newborn Health (MNH); access the report and policy brief.
• Absolom Mbinda was selected as a Countdown fellow for 2023.
• Participated in the Countdown annual meetings in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 
• Participated in the Ministry of Health and Child Care technical meeting on National Maternal and Perinatal Deaths Surveillance and Response as a member of the National Technical Working Group on Reproductive Health in October 2024.
• Participated in a cross-country learning session on measuring maternal and perinatal mortality using health facility data in October 2024.
• Worked with partners to conduct an extensive data quality review in April 2025.
• Shared results of the annual meeting analysis with Zimbabwe’s National Reproductive Health Technical Working Group in September 2025.
• Held a communication, documentation, and knowledge translation in operational and implementation research training workshop in November 2025.
• Hosted Zimbabwe’s first-ever Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) conference in March 2026.