After the crazy week that was the launch week, this week has returned to more of normality and no trips to the community. At the moment is a relief but I’m sure I’ll miss shortly, as I don’t think I’ll have much reason for more trips as my role is primarily working with Clinical Lab Services unit of the Ministry of Health, which is based in Mbabane.
This week has been focused on meeting with the key people in the lab unit to help me understand how they work and digging a bit more into the areas we have identified for support. The one point that is becoming a common theme is the expectation that our support comes with funding attached. Currently the whole of Swaziland is suffering from increasing disruption due to lack of funds from the government, therefore even though they need support in many areas their current burning platform is money to purchase reagents. I have to keep on guiding the conversation back to areas I can help with, rather than things that are somewhat out of my hands….
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