Our work is grounded in Section 76 of the Zimbabwean Constitution, and seeks to promote and protect the Right to Health Care including sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR)

Working to protect health rights and sexual reproductive health of the most vulnerable and hard to reach in our communities - children, women, girls, sex workers, LGBTQI+, drug users, prisoners, and persons with disabilities

Our History

Founded in 2015, the Health Law and Policy Centre is a health policy advocacy organisation working with a network of health law and policy experts – scientists, social scientists, medical practitioners, economists, legal practitioners, and public health experts working in and involved in the health care policy sector. The HLPC exists to facilitate a rights-based policy formulation, implementation, and monitoring in Zimbabwe’s public health system. The HLPC seeks to work for the meaningful enjoyment of the right to health care (including reproductive health).

organisations supported with our policies​ TO- Sex workers, PWDs, Drug Users and LGBTQI beneficiaries of our legal advice services and litigation​.
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NGOs, CBOs, and Networks engaged or partnered with over the years on sexual reproductive health rights and health rights for key populations.
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More than 10 years of serving
I SEX WORKERS I DRUG USERS I LGBTQI+ I WOMEN I GIRLS I PRISONERS I PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

From reproductive health rights to healthcare accessibility, we transform complex health challenges into actionable policy solutions. Our multidisciplinary network of scientists, legal experts, economists, and medical practitioners works directly with communities and government to ensure every Zimbabwean's right to quality healthcare becomes a reality.

Through evidence-based research, strategic advocacy, and collaborative policy development, we're not just analyzing healthcare problems—we're creating the frameworks to solve them.

OUR INITIATIVES

Working with Parliament, Judiciary, Ministries of health and Justice, National Aids Council, Traditional leaders, Religious leaders and other policy makers, we deploy our expertise in the following initiatives;

Sex Workers Rights Initiative

We provide legal advise and capacity building on human rights including a 24-hour hotline for sex workers in legal distress

LGBTQI+ Rights Initiative

We provide legal advise, rights literacy and policy advocacy partnerships with key LGBTQI+ groups

Legal and Safe Abortion Now! Initiative

We work with partners to push for reform on abortion law to enhance access

Special Projects (HIV, TB and Epidemics, Drug Users)

Routine and ad hoc initiatives around policy reform, litigation, capacity building and research on policy advocacy on HIV, TB, Epidemics and Drug use.

Who We Are

Our Overview

Health Law and Policy Consortium is dedicated to promoting the constitutional right to health including sexual reproductive health. HLPC places emphasis on protecting the most vulnerable and hard to reach of our communities, viz; women, children, LGBTQI+, sex workers, prisoners, persons with disabilities, PLHIV drug and substance users. We work to ensure that policies and laws are harmonised with regional and international human rights norms including accountability to sustainable development goals (SDGs) and other international obligations. Our success as a country in healthcare will always be measured on how we cater for the health care of the most vulnerable and hard to reach in our communities. We believe healthcare is not a privilege—it’s a fundamental right that belongs to every Zimbabwean. Our work dismantles barriers that keep vulnerable communities from accessing quality care, whether they’re rural mothers seeking reproductive health services, persons with disabilities navigating healthcare systems, or marginalized populations facing discrimination. Through bold policy advocacy and strategic litigation, we challenge unjust structures and demand accountability from institutions that fail to serve all citizens equally.

Our vision extends beyond reform—we envisage and seek a healthcare ecosystem rooted in equity, dignity, and justice. By amplifying the voices of those traditionally excluded from policy discussions, we ensure their lived experiences shape the solutions designed to serve them. Through capacity building within communities and training the next generation of health advocates, we’re creating sustainable change that will outlast any single policy cycle. Together, we’re not just improving healthcare delivery—we’re transforming the very foundations of how Zimbabwe approaches health equity, one policy, one trained advocate, one strategic lawsuit at a time.

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