konzo

Women in DRC soaking cassava

Neglected Diseases

Konzo: Don't Look Away

Konzo survivors in Mozambique, 1981. Image courtesy of Julie Cliff

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Julie Cliff on Konzo, the Orphan Disease

Amy Maxmen interviewing

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“Like a Nightmare”: Amy Maxmen on Konzo

Etienne Tshiluanjim, 28, center in the wheelchair, leaving the Tomisa clinic in Kahemba with a group of children also suffering from konzo

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Bitter Harvest: Cassava and Konzo, the Crippling Disease, Part III

Gaby Ngabu Kasongo and Grace Neema Bandole looking through their engagement photos

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Bitter Harvest: Cassava and Konzo, the Crippling Disease: Part II

Cassava is dried and sold alongside the roads outside of Kahemba.

Neglected Diseases

Bitter Harvest: Cassava and Konzo, the Crippling Disease: Part I