Multimorbidity and health system priorities in Zimbabwe: A participatory ethnographic study.

ABSTRACT: Multimorbidity, increasingly recognised as a global health challenge, has recently emerged on the health agendas of many countries experiencing rapid epidemiological change, including in Africa. Yet with its conceptual origins in the global North, its meaning and possible utility in African contexts remains abstract. This study drew together policymakers, public health practitioners, academics, health informaticians, health professionals, and people living with multimorbidity (PLWMM) in Zimbabwe to understand: What is the transformative potential and possible limitations of elevating multimorbidity as a priority in this setting? To bring these different perspectives into conversation, we used a participatory ethnographic design that involved a health facility survey, participant-observatio

SUBMITTER: Dixon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12036853 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature