By Tendai Guvamombe.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) – Yesterday March 25 people from all walks of life joined the St Giles National Rehabilitation Centre in observing Zimbabwe Celebral Awareness Campaign in a bid to find lasting solutions towards a condition that has brought more harm than good to many children.
The event which was attended by business community, civic society, medical practitioners and voluntary organizations kicked off with a march from Avondale Shopping Centre to St Giles National Rehabilitation Centre where the Commemorations were taking place.
Speaking to journalists in the aftermath of the event, Marketing and Public Relations Officer at St Giles Shalom Nziramasanga said that the event was meant to conscientise the public on celebral palsey a condition that affects growing children.
“ The day was meant to raise awareness to the entire community on celebral palsey a condition which has been affecting lives of many Children in the Zimbabwean society and it is our quest to share with people on the knowledge on its causes, development and ways to survive with those affected with the condition,” she said.
Nziramasanga further reiterated that people should quickly drift away from traditional beliefs which attributes the condition to juju and witchcraft acts.
“One thing which the Zimbabwean society should understand is that celebral pulse is a condition which is real and it affects children from birth time through out all stages of growing up, its high time we come together so that we get to share relevant knowledge revolving around the condition,” she added.
Theresa Chitsike Head of Physio Department elaborated on various ways in which the condition affects children from the time of birth and various stages of human life.
“This condition usually develops in many ways which may include damage of immature brain and low concentration of blood in the brain and these are likely to develope during birth time where nurses identifies notable abnormalities on the new bornes,” she said.
Dadirai Lazawo a Mabvuku based mother of a young 20 year girl who attended the event pointed out on myriad challenges which affects children living with celebral pulse condition.
“I am a mother of a girl child living with the celebral palsey condition and basing on the experience I had with my 20 year old child I think unavailability of tablets usually worries most when we look at the health of children, also it is my area of concern as a parent to have adequate supply of sanitary wares for the girl child.”
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