[Prior backgrounder, of mine, here.] Here is the very troubling story of just some of the challenges her family faced, in trying to find "real science" treatments for her, toward the end of her short life:
. . .Madagascar has announced the country's first death from mpox, a 3-year-old girl from the island nation’s eastern city of Toamasina who died on Saturday.
After an initial hospitalization, the girl was later moved to a public hospital at her family’s request, where she died, Health Ministry spokesperson Mamy Randria told reporters on Monday.
“Skin rashes were observed on her body. Doctors also noted that the little girl was already very weakened when she arrived at the hospital,” he said.
The girl’s parents said she became ill after a sprained ankle, sought treatment from traditional healers, and faced delays and refusals of care at several hospitals.
Despite objections from her relatives, the ministry said tests confirmed the late child had mpox.
The ministry reported the country’s first five mpox cases last Dec. 30, all detected in Mahajanga, in the Boeny region of western Madagascar. . . .
This well-illustrates the public health challenges. And makes me. . . fundamentally sad, that the US has effectively turned its back on these needy people (by ending USAID, to the region). Sigh.
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