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Zimbabwe
Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR)
Last updated: October
25, 2012
| Physical
address |
6th
Floor, Beverly Court, 100 Nelson Mandela Ave, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Postal
address |
P.O.
Box CY 2415, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Telephone |
+263-(0)4-703430,
703528 |
| Fax |
+263-(0)4-705641 |
| Email
address |
info@zadhr.org |
| Web
address |
www.zadhr.org |
| Year
established |
2002 |
| Contact |
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Name |
Position |
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Dr
Rutendo Bonde |
Chairperson
- drrutendo@zadhr.org |
| Vision
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| Enjoyment
of the right to highest attainable standard of health by all
Zimbabweans |
Mandate |
| ZADHR
exists recognising the position of doctors and other health
professionals as frontline witnesses in achievement of the right
to health and also recognising the potential power of the voices
of health care workers to influence policy and its implementation. |
Objectives |
- To
educate, empower and encourage health professionals to be
knowledgeable about, curious to investigate, able to document
and competent to analyse health rights and abuses thereof
in Zimbabwe and in the region
- To
lobby government(s) to respect, protect and fulfil the right
to health
- To
investigate and document violations of the right to health
- To
promote the education of health professionals, other professionals,
and the general public about health and human rights and
their protection
- To
defend the rights of health professionals who are persecuted
because of their adherence to human rights and medical ethics
as defined by the World Medical Association
- To
monitor the ethics and responsibilities of health professionals
concerning human rights issues
- To
document human rights abuses, using medical skills to observe
and record the psychological and physical effects of these
abuses
- To
make representations on behalf of those persons who have
been subject to violations of their human rights
- To
liaise and build strong networks with domestic, regional
and international organisations concerned with health and
human rights
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Sectors |
| Advocacy;
Democracy & Good Governance; Education/Training; Health;
HIV/AIDS; Human Rights; Prison Reform; Research/Documentation/Information
Dissemination; Women |
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Electronic
activism . . . get involved and use ICTs to advocate, lobby and mobilize.
Powerlessness
and silence go together. We should use our positions not as a shelter from the
world's reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It
should be cherished and used.
~ Margaret
Atwood
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