The Midweek Sun

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This year’s World AIDS Day focussed on efforts of communitie­s in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The good news is that Botswana is on the right track to end AIDS as a public threat by 2030.

- BIT TELL US A LITTLE YOURSELF ABOUT IN YOUR CAREER EPIPHANY AN DID YOU HAVE WAS IT ALWAYS MOMENT OR MASTER PLAN? PART OF THE YOUR JOB ENTAIL?

of in the prevention and visual system The ophthalmol­ogist injury. Gaborone coming and and eye disease trained specialist medically from Lobatse Hukuntsi Primary care: is the in total eye do outreach that one can deliver to who tertiary care and I told myself Hospital as one secondary, and have to be counted primary, services, contact vision day I will in Botswana. services (i.e. medical eye profession­als examinatio­ns, of eye care career guidance eye diagnose

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why the job had offered eye and Government chose to of the but I profession­al comprehens­ive

him. to do dentistry Optometry. provide - systems who includes my first choice care, which stick to BSc at diagnosis my part one eye and vision completing dispensing, I After Botswana, I diseases of was admitted refraction and the Modiitsane, of Auckland in management of name is Boago my University conditions My and did University of and of Mahalapye at the Optometry. the rehabilita­tion from school eye and systems. Primary come Zealand to pursue school and secondary home visual and New I came back of the eye and primary School completion, as is complete Patrick’s Primary Upon to graduate care optometry highlights the importance at St School respective­ly. first Motswana a Secondary as the have also done vision care that prevention, Modiisane Madiba have three I optometry married and an Optometris­t. Health with in Boago private in Public of promotion, I am run my own Masters Degree the UK. education, health in health diagnosis, treatment girls. I currently Eye Care of Liverpool Mogoditsha­ne, University joined maintenanc­e, counseling, in 1996, I health practice in return home rehabilita­tion, On my and subsequent­ly and consultati­on. Optometris­ts! private sector 2000. interdisci­plinary the practice in and care OPTOMETRY: private primary health started my Opticians are care provide vision who profession­als dispensing of and through refraction spectacles. such as optical aids

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