Journalists for Human Rights

A Halifax doctor and two of his Dalhousie medical students spent most of March saving lives in the world’s poorest country.

They were  touring Sierra Leone with ‘Rapid Test Kits’ – an HIV screening test that gives patients their results in just three minutes.

Rachael Borlase met up with the doctors while they were working in Makeni.

Reporter: Rachael Borlase With help from: Prof Marco Sessay

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As the United Nations marks World Water Day on March 20th, millions of people across the globe are thirsting for the world’s most important resurce.  In Ghana, shortages have reached crisis levels.  In some areas, it’s been years since water flowed from the taps.  The situation is impacting negatively on everything from health, to the economy, and even seemingly unrelated sectors, such as education.  Some people say the problem has worsened since Ghana contracted a private firm to manage the system.  Muftawu Mohammed reports.

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