According to UNAIDS, there were 1.3 million people living with HIV in Zimbabwe in 2021, of these, approximately 72,000 cases are children aged 0-14 years of age living with HIV. Source: UNAIDS. (n.d.). Zimbabwe. https://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/zimbabwe Imagine that you are a health policy and planning consultant hired by the Ministry of Health to develop a plan for priority setting on the above-mentioned issue. Explain the importance of planning in healthcare management and the consequences of insufficient Planning, describe the key steps involved in conducting a situation analysis in health policy planning and analyse the significance of evidence in situation analysis.

According to UNAIDS, there were 1.3 million people living with HIV in Zimbabwe in 2021, of these, approximately 72,000 cases are children aged 0-14 years of age living with HIV. Source: UNAIDS. (n.d.). Zimbabwe. https://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/zimbabwe Imagine that you are a health policy and planning consultant hired by the Ministry of Health to develop a plan for priority setting on the above-mentioned issue. Explain the importance of planning in healthcare management and the consequences of insufficient Planning, describe the key steps involved in conducting a situation analysis in health policy planning and analyse the significance of evidence in situation analysis.