You are invited to:
What: Hit the Road & Walk For Humanity - TB media briefing program
When: Thursday, 12 April 2012
Time: 17h00 – 18h00
Where: Southern Sun Hotel, Nelson Mandela Drive, Brandwag (next to Mimosa Mall), Bloemfontein
Who: Main role players:
- Gerry Eldson, National TB Ambassador
- Mr LI Setlhare, Provincial Drug Resistant TB Coordinator
- Mr Charles Kweshiwe, South African Red Cross Society
- Mr SC Polelo, General Manager, HIV, AIDS, STIs, TB & Partnership Program, FS Department of Health and his team
- Acting MEC for Health
Why& How: World TB Day is celebrated annually on 24 March. The national TB celebrations took place at the end of March in Gauteng. In order to create awareness about TB and establish commitment, Hit the Road Walks for Humanity and media briefings took place in all provinces.
Slogan: "Stop TB in my lifetime"
In the Free State the following activities will take place:
Thursday, 12 April
14h30 – 16h00: Visit to Freedom Square Clinic and TB patient's home in Phase 5 (Media welcome to join in visit).
17h00 – 18h00: Media briefing, Southern Sun Hotel
Friday, 13 April
6h30 - 7h00: Walk for Humanity from Southern Sun Hotel, via Nelson Mandela Road into Parfitt Road into King's Way to St Andrew Street into Harvey Road to St Georges Road to the Long Distance Taxi Rank (Distance: 10 km) (Media welcome to walk along)
Enquiries:
Mr Jabu Mbalula
Tel: 051 408 1824
Cell: 082 461 3112
E-mail: mbalulajni@fshealth.gov.za
RSVP:
Gela Van Heerden
Tel: 051 408 1278
Fax: 051 408 1826
Cell: 082 381 9483
E-mail: vheerdenep@fshealth.gov.za
