Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions — and the risk for disease spillover.
Could the loss of US funding be the catalyst countries like Uganda need to more fully fund their own research — and focus on the continent’s true needs?
Rife with understaffed hospitals, corrupt licensing and people who claim to be doctors, the health system struggles to protect patients from deadly medical fraud.