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In South Africa’s rural areas, people often face a long, arduous journey to get to a clinic to pick up their HIV medicines. Not taking the drugs regularly means their health suffers, which can make it even harder to make the trip. The Bulungula Incubator in rural Eastern Cape has figured out ho.
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For years, a mother in the rural Eastern Cape had to travel across a river and walk for two hours to get to a clinic. Then, her community teamed up with a nonprofit and the provincial health department to change that. These days, the furthest she has to walk to get her newborn to a nurse is fiv.
For years, a mother in the rural Eastern Cape walked for two hours to get to a clinic until her community teamed up with a nonprofit and the provincial health department to change that.