An in-depth Study on the impacts of Operation Murambatsvina 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 setting up 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, womenheaded households, and child-headed households; Mental health care The immediate setting up 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 a longterm 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. xi

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