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Supporting each other against Tuberculosis
A community in Epako, a shanty town outside Gobabis in the East of Namibia has dramatically increased the success of TB treatment through involving the community. The Omaheke Health Education Project trains locals to provide healthcare, identify TB sufferers and oversee treatment. In turn, they recruit volunteers to supervise TB patients and follow the DOTS programme so no one goes through the demanding treatment alone.
Food is essential to build up patients’ strength and to help stomach the strong TB drugs. Often, TB patients are too ill to work and are too poor to afford to eat. Community volunteers organised a plot of land and bought chickens to form a small farm which provides free food for TB patients. The Global Fund is financing the overall project, but the chicken farm is sustaining itself, paying its bills through the sale of some of the eggs at the local market.
Individual stories of support and help
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