US doctors fight infant virus in Uganda
American doctors learn surgery in African country while helping country combat neurological infections.
Published On 20 Apr 2013
Doctors in Uganda have developed a new way to treat babies suffering from a deadly virus.
Hydrocephalus causes a newborn’s head to swell, which if untreated, could lead to death.
But doctors in Uganda have developed a new technique for treating the condition, and American neurosurgeons are flying in to learn how to do the surgery.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports from Mbale, Uganda.
Source: Al Jazeera