Rebecca Davis
Senior Producer, Science and Health Desk at NPR
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Gabrielle Emanuel |Rebecca Davis
Community health worker Geoffrey Chanda used to distribute HIV medications to long-haul truck drivers and sex workers at truck stops like this one near the border of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR On a morning in early April, Geoffrey Chanda's phone was going off almost constantly. Truck drivers were calling him. "They are crying: 'We've got no [HIV] medicine.
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Gabrielle Emanuel |Rebecca Davis
For more than two months, Mary Mayongana, 42, hasn't been able to consistently take her HIV medication. She says she feels weak and has developed an itchy rash. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR A 10-year-old girl who'll keep going to the local clinic for the medications to suppress the HIV virus — forgetting that it's now closed. A house painter who no longer has the strength to do his work.
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Gabrielle Emanuel |Rebecca Davis
Reverend Billiance Chondwe of the Somone Community Center, a branch of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zambia, says that many in his congregation have fallen ill since late January when cuts to U.S. aid shuttered clinics. "We are close to 300 [worshipers] but nowadays we are only less than 150. People are sick at home." Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR From the pulpit, Reverend Billiance Chondwe counts the empty seats.
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Feb 8, 2024 |
npr.org | Amina Khan |Rebecca Davis
A brother and sister enjoy an imaginative game in a domestic garden on a sunny day. Siblings can have a powerful effect on one another. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images A brother and sister enjoy an imaginative game in a domestic garden on a sunny day. Siblings can have a powerful effect on one another.
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