Discrimination and misdiagnoses are common for overweight patients in the country, which has the world’s second-highest obesity rate. The results can be life-threatening.
Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border.
Between 2020 and 2023, more than 60% of patients tested at private laboratories in DRC’s Tshopo province were misdiagnosed.
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Photo by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
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