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A new handbook for medical diagnoses on darker skin tones
Medical books often use light-skinned models as examples.
Medical books often use light-skinned models as examples of how to note disease symptoms, something which can make it hard to diagnose diseases for people with black and brown skin tones. We speak to Malone Mukwende, a young medical student who has launched a handbook to address the problem.
Sierra Leoneans are asking how a dispute over the relocation of a temporary generator could have led to deaths in Makeni.
And we hear the first of five readings from the stories shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing.
(Photo: Malone Mukwende. Credit: Malone Mukwende)
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