Africa - Voice of America: The ‘Curse’ of Childhood Disability in South Africa

Africa - Voice of America africa

The 'Curse' of Childhood Disability in South Africa Jun 19th 2012, 23:22 ZIDINDI, SOUTH AFRICA -- A few days after providing basic health advice to a young mother who'd just given birth, community health worker Ncedisa Paul received a frantic phone call from the infant's grandmother.   It was time for the child to be immunized against polio. But none of the clinics in the Zidindi district in South Africa's Eastern Cape province had the vaccine. ​​"I thought the gogo (granny) was making a mistake so I picked them all up in my car and we went to the ... Media files: C3E4CA25-05F8-40BF-8F23-55B2E6E0B60D_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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