Cholera Centers Attacked
Centers for cholera treatment in northern Mozambique have been vandalized recently due to a belief that they are actually causing cholera, rather than treating it. The misunderstanding is partly blamed on the similarity between the Portuguese words for Cholera and Chlorine, since Chlorine is used to treat water and prevent cholera. (Mozambique was a Portuguese colony until the mid-1970’s).
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Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is a fourth-year medical student at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Global Pulse Journal, and plans to pursue a career in neurology.
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