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Since the leading international authorities acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19 as the main route of transmission, it is time to change the focus to improving public health messaging, writes
Robert Randolph.
During late 1996, I performed a health risk assessment within a rural hospital located on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. I was completely taken by surprise by their TB ward. It was a confusing and almost disorientating sight.
It comprised a long rectangular building lined on both sides with large floor to ceiling windows. The bright sunlight shone through the open curtains, which waved loosely in the breeze. My first thought was, why were these patients being treated differently and why have they been left so exposed to the elements? They may as well have been kept outside.
For over 13 decades, Nazareth Care have provided a safe space for vulnerable children and the ageing elderly to thrive against the odds. Our children homes offer specialised care for youth who have been abandoned, neglected, or living with physical and intellectual disabilities. Our care homes for the aged are focused on the quality of life and offer residents an opportunity to live with dignity and respect in an active community.
We need financial support as the economy has taken a massive knock due to Covid19. Our usual donors simply do not have funds available. We are therefore coming up with creative ways to raise the much-needed funds we require.
MTI Consulting has been retained to develop the 5 year Strategic Plan for Bhutan’s Public Benefit Organization; Tarayana Foundation. The assignment would help formulate its strategic direction, covering a five-year time horizon ensuring inclusiveness, sustainability and shock-responsiveness to overcome the impact of the pandemic.“Since the inception, the focus of the Tarayana Foundation has been on uplifting the livelihoods of the grassroot.