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Africa: Factbox - People With Albinism Face Poverty, Abandonment, Danger and Death
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 13 June 2017
The average person with albinism in East Africa dies by age 30 from skin cancer, and only 2 percent of people with albinism live to age 40 Read more »
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Malawi: Poor Criminal Justice System Fuels Attacks On People With Albinism
CSJNews, 13 June 2017
A new wave of attacks on people with albinism is raging in Malawi due to prevailing superstitious beliefs and systemic failures in criminal justice system, a human rights body has… Read more »
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Africa: Statement On International Albinism Awareness Day
EU External Action, 13 June 2017
Persons with albinism face bullying, prejudice and violence in many parts of the world. In certain regions, erroneous beliefs and myths, heavily influenced by superstition, have… Read more »
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Malawi: Group to Commemorate International Albinism Awareness Day
Malawi News Agency, 7 June 2017
The Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) will on June 13 join the international community in commemorating International Albinism Awareness Day at Nkolimbo ground in Ntcheu… Read more »
#AlbinismAwarenessDay - They Are Not Albinos, They Are Human
As the world marks International Albinism Awareness Day with an aim to stop the high levels of stigma and brutality against people with albinism all over the globe, Africa reflects on the superstitious misconceptions that continuously put lives at risk. The belief that albinism may be contagious or that their body parts have magical powers shows the ignorance in some societies.
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Malawi: UN Resettles Albino Refugees Due to Threats in Malawi
VOA, 13 June 2017
Since June of last year, the U.N. refugee agency in Malawi has been resettling albino refugees to North America, amid continued threats to people living with albinism in the… Read more »
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Uganda: Where Is the Money for Persons Living With Disabilities ?
Monitor, 1 June 2017
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Tanzania: Attacked for Body Parts, Tanzanian Albino Children Get New Limbs in U.S.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 May 2017
Four Tanzanian children with albinism are in the U.S. to get prosthetic limbs to replace those hacked off in superstition-driven attacks in their homeland Read more »
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South Africa: People Living With Albinism Are Not Animals to Be Hunted
IFP, 26 May 2017
The Inkatha Freedom Party urges government to increase awareness through education especially in areas notorious for the vicious killings of people with albinism after a young… Read more »
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Thando Hopa has been signed to Audi as the new face of their Audi Q2 #Untaggable campaign. The aim of the campaign is to motivate people to embrace and break stereotypes of ... Read more »
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A Place For Myself follows a young Rwandan girl, Elikia, who suffers from albinism and who has to endure discrimination and stigma when she enrolls in primary school. Gradually she ... Read more »
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Although albinism itself does not need to be treated, the associated skin and eye problems often do. The scarcity of the vital sunscreen creams has been a struggle for the ... Read more »
