Experts say that SA’s HIV policy should include plans to prepare for disasters caused by climate change. Read more on how a plan in one of Namibia’s most flooded regions helps locals stay on their treatment. COP27 | via Bhekisisa_MG
that heavy rains were coming, he says, but then not enough was done to help people prepare for it.
The municipal disaster response team is normally responsible for making sure people are prepared before and after disasters like a flood, according to theBut the national co-operative governance & traditional affairs department handled the April floods because it was declared a national state of disaster. A Cogtashows that water was sent to damaged health facilities, search and rescue teams were deployed and mobile classrooms were installed.
The health department in Namibia has also set up a special registry for ARVs during the floods to try to keep track of patients receiving their treatment and, if they are located too far away, move them closer to health-care centres. Health information is broadcast on the radio and at places where people gather, such as schools and churches.
It’s not a perfect solution, as some people are still unable to get their medication, but it helps, the study shows. Andan approach like Namibia’s is a better way to prevent people from stopping their treatment during floods than the ill-prepared response of South Africa’s public health sector.
Back in Umbilo, Shezi is worried about how a future disaster like the April floods might affect him. “I was spinning [during the flood]. I didn’t want to think or cope with the stress.”“I’m praying that God must find me some better place to stay.”
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