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No symptoms, no diagnosis, no treatment: How South African researcher is fixing STI detection in women
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Dr Florentius Koech: Neurosurgeon snubbed lucrative jobs, Australian citizenship to serve Kenyans
As Dr Koech recovered from tetanus caught from a thorn prick while…
Beyond stigma: The Kenyan doctor rethinking vaginal health with AI
Millions of African women suffer vaginal infections in silence and Dr Kadryn…
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