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High costs hit hard chronic illness patients

MORE than 20 percent of people with chronic illnesses, such as HIV, hypertension and diabetes, in rural areas are defaulting on their medication due to high costs, the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) says. According to the organisation’s 2021 Rural Livelihoods Assessment report, Matabeleland North province constituted the largest percentage of defaulters at nine percent….

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