The Health Department, led by registered nurse Rose Candiru, designs and delivers community health programmes that focus on prevention: health education, HIV and Hepatitis awareness, the case for regular testing, early treatment, and the reduction of stigma.
Sessions are run where people already gather, and they are built around messages that are culturally appropriate and practical rather than clinical. Participants are encouraged to carry what they learn back to their households.
The department also works on nutrition, mental health promotion and referral, and it partners with health professionals and institutions to keep the technical content current.
