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In Kenya, some people sell medical data online to gain access to doctor’s appointments

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Kenyan Belinda Adhiambo had to have her leg amputated when she was three years old after an accident and she still suffers from phantom limb pain. But in her hometown of Kibera, a large impoverished neighborhood in Nairobi, paying for a doctor can mean missing a meal. “Most of these insurance coverages do not cover … Read more

Contaminated blood victims were ‘unknowingly’ involved in research, families say

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Relatives who lost loved ones in the contaminated blood scandal have claimed their relatives were “used for research” after discovering historical notes in medical records. It is alleged that some patients treated for the blood clotting disorder hemophilia in the 1970s and 1980s were treated with blood plasma that doctors knew could be contaminated and … Read more