Behind the wall: Africa’s prison health crisis

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Episode 37

Africa’s prisons are hotbeds of disease and hunger-Covid-19加剧的问题，缺乏资源，计划较差，健康和权利倡导者告诉Africa Science Focus。

本周,记者查尔斯Pensulo佛说rmer inmate of Malawi’s notoriously overcrowded prisons, who tells us what life was like behind the walls. We hear about the public health threat from tuberculosis and HIV from Thokozile Phiri-Nkhoma, the executive director of Facilitators of Community Transformation, while Alexious Kamangila from the legal non-profit Reprieve tells us why the poorest members of Malawi’s society still find themselves trapped in the system.

Malawi Prisons Service hasacknowledgedthat it continues to face operational challenges, including inadequate funding, dilapidated infrastructure and old legislation, despite efforts to implement international prison standards

And, in this week’s Q&A segment, Cindy from St Therese Girls’ Secondary School in Zambia has a fantastic question about coronavirus.

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Africa Science Focus, with Selly Amutabi.