An in-depth Study on the impacts of Operation Murambatsvina 6. RECOMMENDATIONS At the outset, we should state that all our previous recommendations still stand. We would wish to add a number of additional recommendations in the light of our findings: Medical care The immediate establishment of a medical task force to provide medical care and treatment to those in need of care, with priority being given to those suffering from HIV/AIDS, women-headed households, and child-headed households; Mental health care The immediate establishment of a mental health task force to provide treatment to those in need of care, as well as the setting up of a training and supervision system for counsellors in the affected communities. Here it must be recognized that the scale of the morbidity will require a long-term commitment to care, training and supervision. Legal assistance The immediate setting up of a legal task force to explore the dual issues of the rights infringed and the losses consequently incurred. Since there is a very high probability that the losses experienced by the victims and the rights infringed will be excluded from legal remedy due to prescription, there is extreme urgency for this action. See A Study on the Impact of “Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order” in 26 Wards of Harare High Density Housing Areas ActionAid International in Collaboration with Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) July 2005. ii See A Study on the impact of “OPERATION MURAMBATSVINA/RESTORE ORDER” in Zimbabwe, ActionAid International – Southern Africa Partnership Programme (SAPP-ZIMBABWE) in collaboration with Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) and Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), August 2005. iii See “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Zimbabwe to assess the Scope and Impact of Operation Murambatsvina by the UN Special Envoy on Human Settlements Issues in Zimbabwe”. iv See Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (2005), Order out of Chaos, or Chaos out of Order? A Preliminary Report on Operation “Murambatsvina”. June 2005.HARARE: ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM; Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (2005), The Aftermath of a Disastrous Venture. A Follow up report on “Operation Murambatsvina”. August 2005.HARARE: ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM; Solidarity Peace Trust (2005), Discarding the Filth. Operation Murambatsvina. Interim report on the Zimbabwean government’s” urban cleansing” and forced eviction campaign May/June 2005. 27 June 2005. SOUTH AFRICA & ZIMBABWE: SOLIDARITY PEACE TRUST. v See Mollica ,R F, Lopes Cardozo, B, Osofsky, H J, Raphael, B, Ager,A, & Salama, P(2004), Mental health in complex emergencies, LANCET, 364: 2058–67. vi See Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (2005), The Aftermath of a Disastrous Venture. A Follow up report on “Operation Murambatsvina”. August 2005.HARARE: ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM. i 28