Play Replay Close highlight Stop listening ENGLISH MANZINI – Eswatini is strengthening its public health surveillance and response systems to ensure the early detection and timely management of disease outbreaks, as the country prepares for possible public health emergencies, including the threat of ebola. This was highlighted by Nkosinathi Dlamini from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit (EDCU) during a workshop organised by the Ministry of Health in conjunction with the National Disaster Risk Management Authority (NDMRA) at The George Hotel in Manzini. Dlamini explained that the country was using the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy to strengthen its ability to identify, report and respond to priority diseases, health conditions and public health events. He said the strategy was designed to ensure that potential threats were detected early at community, health facility and national levels, allowing the relevant authorities to respond before situations escalated. “In a nutshell, IDSR...

Play Replay Close highlight Stop listening ENGLISH MANZINI – The Luke Commission has returned to the High Court in a fresh attempt to stop the commission of inquiry appointed to investigate its affairs. The Luke Commission (TLC) argues that its establishment is unlawful, irrational and unconstitutional. The non-profit healthcare organisation, through its founder and senior representative, Dr Harry Vanderwal, has launched another urgent application seeking an interim order suspending the commission’s operations pending a review of the decision to establish it. The latest court action came hardly a day after the High Court ruled in favour of government on a preliminary point of law in the organisation’s previous application. However, the earlier proceedings, which were dismissed by Judge Zonke Magagula, did not result in the court determining the substantive legality of the commission of inquiry. In his founding affidavit, Vanderwal explains that the previous application, which was launched on or...