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Uganda's Solution For Treating Extreme Pain
Short Wave www.npr.org/2019/11/20/781323407/ugandas-solution-for-treating-extreme-pain
November 25, 20194:00 AM ET
10-Minute Listen edge2.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/npr/dailyscience/2019/11/20191125_dailyscience_morphine-37f3142f-ddbe-4452-b2b7-36be637da4e5.mp3/20191125_dailyscience_morphine-37f3142f-ddbe-4452-b2b7-36be637da4e5.mp3_f5a2aa07c1c550fe5f6ce3cf8e6f782e_10963377.mp3?orgId=1&d=633&p=510351&story=781323407&t=podcast&e=781323407&siteplayer=true&size=10117845&awCollectionId=510351&awEpisodeId=781323407&dl=1&hash_redirect=1&x-total-bytes=10963377&x-ais-classified=streaming&listeningSessionID=0CD_382_93__9635d17de14e1b196b7e450dc5e4bd52a8af4a4d
Ronald Mutyaba at his home in Kampala, Uganda. He's holding a bottle of liquid morphine that nurses from the nonprofit group Hospice Africa have prescribed to him to help control his pain from cancer.
Nurith Aizenman/NPR
Uganda has come up with a low-tech solution to treat patients in a lot of pain: drinkable liquid morphine. Nurith Aizenman tell us how this model works and how other African countries are taking inspiration. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
www.npr.org/transcripts/781323407
Short Wave www.npr.org/2019/11/20/781323407/ugandas-solution-for-treating-extreme-pain
November 25, 20194:00 AM ET
10-Minute Listen edge2.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/npr/dailyscience/2019/11/20191125_dailyscience_morphine-37f3142f-ddbe-4452-b2b7-36be637da4e5.mp3/20191125_dailyscience_morphine-37f3142f-ddbe-4452-b2b7-36be637da4e5.mp3_f5a2aa07c1c550fe5f6ce3cf8e6f782e_10963377.mp3?orgId=1&d=633&p=510351&story=781323407&t=podcast&e=781323407&siteplayer=true&size=10117845&awCollectionId=510351&awEpisodeId=781323407&dl=1&hash_redirect=1&x-total-bytes=10963377&x-ais-classified=streaming&listeningSessionID=0CD_382_93__9635d17de14e1b196b7e450dc5e4bd52a8af4a4d
Ronald Mutyaba at his home in Kampala, Uganda. He's holding a bottle of liquid morphine that nurses from the nonprofit group Hospice Africa have prescribed to him to help control his pain from cancer.
Nurith Aizenman/NPR
Uganda has come up with a low-tech solution to treat patients in a lot of pain: drinkable liquid morphine. Nurith Aizenman tell us how this model works and how other African countries are taking inspiration. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
www.npr.org/transcripts/781323407