Zimbabwe is a large country located in South Africa. Its capital is Harare and the country was once known as Rhodesia. Its flag is yellow, green, red, and black. The main languages that Zimbabweans speak are English and Shona language. Most of the population practice Christianity and most of the population is African while about 1% makes up Caucasian people. The people of Zimbabwe are mostly democrats. Speaking on government, they have not been doing a good job with making sure that the country has the proper care they need. There are major health issues in Zimbabwe that needs to be addressed. The three major health issues that are taking place in Zimbabwe are the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Malaria, and the Cholera Outbreak. These three diseases are very common there and they barely have any doctors to help out or any medication to help treat them. In this paper, it will describe all three diseases and the cause and affects of it. It will also explain how it is currently lowering the population in the country of Zimbabwe. HIV/AIDS is a common disease in the country of Zimbabwe. It has caused much suffering and pain to the citizens. In the article, “Poverty and Healthcare” it states, “One million children have lost either one or both parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic” (Our Africa). Children are growing up alone and parentless because this disease has become deadly. It is worst when they do not have the proper healthcare to get the medications. Freddy Perez states that “Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world” (1). They live on with this disease until their bodies cannot fight it off anymore. The life expectancy has decreased to just the age of 49 or younger. Some children are even born into this world having HIV/AIDS because of the Mother-to-Child affect. This means that if the mother is infected with the disease, she could pass it on to the baby through labor. Families get torn apart in many ways because of HIV/AIDS. One way is because a family member is so busy caring for their relative(s) that they cannot focus on anything else. For example, “The HIV/AIDS epidemic reduced the number of people working in agriculture, especially as women became too sick to work or had to abandon the fields to care for relatives” (OurAfrica1). This quote explains that a lot of women stopped working because they had to take care of their family or was too disabled to go to work. By many people not b