MSF patient Auxilia Muungani speaks with MSF Patient Support Activity Supervisor Kudakwashe Golden.


Auxilia Muungani
My name is Auxilia Muungani. I live at Zamchiya Clinic. I am 49 years old. I started taking my hypertension medication in 2019. I am a hypertension patient at Zamchiya clinic

One of the things I am grateful to have learnt is how to take my medication. Previously we didn’t know how to take our medication, and when we started going to the clinic, we were taught how and welcomed the lessons.

When I started taking the hypertension medication, my life changed and my health improved due to frequent testing and monitoring. I am now able to teach other people how to take their medication, and I am grateful to MSF for the knowledge and training they imparted on us.

We were also taught about the right foods to eat as well as what not to eat if one has hypertension.

We now fear that, when MSF leaves, whoever takes their place will not be able to provide us with medication, and so we are appealing to the government for assistance. Our greatest fear is that people are going to start to die, as they will not be able to afford medication and transport costs.

We are appealing for medication to be available for free within our communities so it lessens the burden of travelling long distances.