RHETORIC OF AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING OBLITERATION

…cleansing the city, annihilating vibrio cholerae

WALKING down the corridor amidst media colleagues. Armed with weapons of war – cameras, recorders, ball points and social media tools – the power of a united, purpose driven battalion to the national cause launched in.

Thoughts of the waterborne epidemic poured in the dish of my memory as my size feet were made wet by spraying. Conferring protection on me.

Anxiety of getting infected of the fearful, sweeping disease currently hitting our screens, circulating our airwaves and occupying pages of prints – the big story is CHOLERA OUTBREAK. Yes, it is the cholera outbreak in town – the closest my country has gotten to war. The war that calls for citizens’ arsenal and absolute adherence to outlined preventive measures.

Media comrades set in with shutters and lenses on the republican president - Commander in Chief. As asserted in the Medical Journalism doctrine ‘In battle; the pen, camera and recorder and gadget of livestream –are the quadruple threshing instruments that annihilate the enemy of nations faster. Information is it!” #MyWitDiary|1of2018

The command is power to the people. United in service to end the epidemic dubbed ‘the vibrio cholerae national war 2017/2018 - won by the people’. I mean once and for all!

If the words of health transformation agenda ached your hearing since November 2016; now is the time to recall the words of Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya ‘We need to promote heath and prevent diseases” yes, because curative is expensive, time-consuming, memory tasking and energy supping.

Halt fellow soldier – Do not retreat: Boil drinking water or treat it with chlorine always to make safe. Because the mighty warriors have fallen.
Remember to wash hands with safe water before preparing or handling any food.

On nutrition comrade – Do not eat food from the streets or unlicensed public eating places. Cook food well, keep it covered, eat it hot, and peel fruits and vegetables. Avoid eating raw foods. Always wash fruits and vegetables with clean and safe water. Cover the food and heat it before eating it.

Note that a soldier must keep his surrounding clean. Clean up surfaces in the kitchen and in places where the family bathes and washes clothes with disinfectants.

It is everyone's victory. My country will win!