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• Uganda

  Women Face Sexual Assault in Ugandan Mental Health Hospitals

  Rape is common inside facilities, patients and others say. But accusers frequently aren’t believed, and justice is rare.

  By Apophia Agiresaasi
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  Democratic Republic of Congo

  To Treat Cavities, DRC’s Traditional Healers Turn to a Surprising Ingredient

  By Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo
• Mongolia

  In Mongolia, Back to School, Back to Sickness?

  As pandemic-era public health campaigns faded, so did the good habits they called for, like washing hands. A surge in dysentery as well as hand, foot and mouth disease has followed — especially in children.

  By Khorloo Khukhnokhoi