A new handbook for medical diagnoses on darker skin tones

Medical books often use light-skinned models as examples of how to note disease symptoms, something which can make it hard to diagnose diseases for people with black and brown skin tones. We speak to Malone Mukwende, a young medical student who has launched a handbook to address the problem.

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(Photo: Malone Mukwende. Credit: Malone Mukwende)