Nurse brings hope to home-based care patients
Friday, September 27, 2019
Monyatsi, who works with Kweneng West DHMT Community Home Based Care (CHBC) as a coordinator, told Mmegi that the project was important for beneficiaries who were mostly people that were unable to fend and provide for themselves due to debilitating conditions.
“In 1995 the government of Botswana established the CHBC programme to complement the overstretched health system in caring for terminally ill patients including people living with HIV/AIDS. To ensure continuity of care, the programme has been integrated into existing primary health care structures and health protocols,” she said.
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