Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Zambia's TB-ridden prisons

Zambia's TB-ridden prisons

Multi-drug-resistant TB is being incubated in Zambia's prisons, amid conditions that violate international human rights law



Eleanor Roosevelt famously said that human rights begin in "small places"– places not found on any map. Choma prison, about 300km from Zambia's capital of Lusaka, may be on the map, but it is not easy to find. Once found, it's harder still to find respect for human rights.

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