Global Health

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• Nepal

  Taboos About Death Impede Nepal’s Response to Organ Transplant Crisis

  Nine of 10 people needing transplants never find a donor. Updated laws increase the donor pool by allowing transplants from brain-dead patients. But religious beliefs about reincarnation make such donations rare.

  By Sunita Neupane
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  Zimbabwe

  Zimbabwe’s New Mothers Face Extortion for ‘Free’ Child Health Cards

  By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
• Uganda

  In Uganda, Fake Doctors Cause Serious Damage

  Rife with understaffed hospitals, corrupt licensing and people who claim to be doctors, the health system struggles to protect patients from deadly medical fraud.

  By Apophia Agiresaasi