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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Sedensky

Across Africa, a shortage of care marks the end of life

Aging Africa Health Care - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Maybe it’s something as simple as a urinary tract infection that has 80-year-old Erisafan Khayiki doubled over in pain. Or a kidney stone. Or something more.

The only thing certain is a truth that repeats across this continent: For a poor man like him, there are few options. And so this will be the day that he dies.

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