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World Service,3 mins

A new handbook for medical diagnoses on darker skin tones

Focus on Africa

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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. So Malone Mukwende, a young medical student from the UK, has launched a handbook to address the problem. (Photo: Medical student Malone Mukwende. Credit: Malone Mukwende)

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