THE Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has donated 1 500 home-based care kits to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
The kits will be used by caregivers who provide home-based care services for the sick, especially people with HIV. Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Libertina Amathila received the kits from Eriko Kawasaki of JICA.Nampa quotes Amathila as saying at the handover that HIV-AIDS and the increasing number of HIV-TB co-infections has led to a sharp increase in the number of terminally ill people countrywide.This in turn had placed a strain on the country’s health facilities and underlined the need to boost home-based care care delivery.Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Libertina Amathila received the kits from Eriko Kawasaki of JICA.Nampa quotes Amathila as saying at the handover that HIV-AIDS and the increasing number of HIV-TB co-infections has led to a sharp increase in the number of terminally ill people countrywide.This in turn had placed a strain on the country’s health facilities and underlined the need to boost home-based care care delivery.
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