from the field
Chimoio: back on treatment, and now a mobiliser
In a neighbourhood of Chimoio, a young man who was coughing, feverish and losing weight had given up: he said he would rather die at home. A GCR activist based at the local health centre visited him and persuaded him to give a sputum sample for tuberculosis testing.
Three days later, the result came back positive. The activist accompanied him to the health facility, where he started treatment. Three months later, he was recovering and had returned to his daily activities.
Today, he helps activists mobilise his neighbours for community dialogues whenever they come to his neighbourhood.
