Dying too young: focus on communicable diseases takes toll in South Africa’s slums
Diseases such as strokes and diabetes now cause most deaths in South Africa but the health system is still focused on tuberculosis and HIV
Weaving her way through the narrow alleyways running between the shacks of Barcelona squatter camp, Nomachine Jali is on her way to see her first patient of the day: Atwell Mbadamana, 69, is lying on a plastic mattress on the floor in the corner of a dark room.
A blanket covers him. He has been here, bedridden, since August after he had a stroke.
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