Hitting close to home : United to endTB

This one is dedicated to a TB warrior, a good friend, a caring nurse and a fantastic programme manager. It is a year old but it does not diminish the victory that was the rollout of outreach.

Another dream has come to fruition,

One more step towards decentralisation

A model for care we aim to demonstrate

Since proximity is our mandate.

A one step shop is our final aim

To reduce a DR-TB patient's pain.

A multidisciplinary force, we have formed
With medical and patient support arms.
To help a patient through two challenging years
A victory over TB, through blood, sweat and tears.
More than the disease, the treatment is a torment
"I cry every day", is our patients' lament.

With the Ministry of Health, we partner
And hope the confidence of the patients to garner
Pain we relieve, myths we purge
To rid a high burden ward of this debilitating scourge

The hospital's boundaries, we breach,

We are the final frontier, the outreach.