A Sip Of Morphine: Uganda's Old-School Solution To A Shortage Of Painkillers

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    Ronald Mutyaba, an auto mechanic, at his home in Kampala, Uganda. Mutyaba is HIV positive and has developed Karposi sarcoma, a type of cancer that often affects people with immune deficiencies. He is holding a bottle of the liquid morphine that nurses from the nonprofit group Hospice Africa have prescribed to help control the pain caused by his illlness.

    Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug and inspiring other African countries to do the same.

    (Image credit: Nurith Aizenman/NPR)

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