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DRC’s Ebola Lessons: Learned and Unlearned (Part I)

The lethality of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not just in its genome. Neither is it entirely explained by the country’s internal instability and defunded, broken health infrastructure. Have we allowed the virus to outsmart us by overlooking past lessons? The signs around the DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak indicate […]

DRC’s Ebola Lessons: Learned and Unlearned (Part I)

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Rwanda: Young Innovators Turn Technology Against Diabetic Amputations

[New Times] The possibility of making an artificial limb for someone she loved was something Prisca Nikuze never wanted to face.

  • Prisca Nikuze witnessed diabetes' impact on her community in high school.
  • Developed NEEM smart insole to detect early diabetic foot complications.
  • NEEM aims to prevent limb loss and alleviate financial burdens for patients.

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