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By Robert Tapfumaneyi
THE National AIDS Council (NAC) Friday handed over 5 000 special user-friendly face masks to the deaf community.
The face masks enable wearers to lip read, which is essential in sign language communication.
NAC chief executive Bernard Madzima said the special face masks will be helpful in facilitating and ease of communication on the HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics including the ongoing national coronavirus vaccination programme.
“Although the country has covered great strides in responding to both HIV and Covid-19 targeting the general population, there are some most at-risk population groups that, due to their nature are often left out and, therefore, likely to be most affected,” Madzima said at a brief handover ceremony.