Albinism is a condition some people are born with, where their bodies make little or no melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. It happens because of changes in certain ...

These myths are deeply rooted in cultural and traditional beliefs across various societies, perpetuating stigma and discrimination. Despite scientific understanding of the condition, people living ...

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (AP) -- Here's a hypothetical Saturday afternoon in the life of Dan Lee, who suffers from albinism. Let's say Lee, a Mount Prospect resident for most of the year, heads to see the ...

NEW YORK, June 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tuesday marks International Albinism Awareness Day, established by the United Nations to bring global attention to understanding albinism and fighting ...

Fresh trauma arrives with every election season in Tanzania for 42-year-old Mariam Staford. For most, the fiesta-like rallies and songs, along with the campaign messages, signal a chance for people to ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - People with albinism in Malawi are at risk of "systemic extinction" due to relentless attacks fueled by superstitions, the United Nations' top expert on ...

People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to ...

In Tanzania, people with albinism are believed to be "haunted beings." — -- Baraka and Mwigulu are bunkmates, living in hiding in Tanzania, where they are hunted simply because of how they look.

What may seem like a technical exercise in global health bureaucracy, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) update to its Essential Medicines Lists, will in fact have life-changing consequences for ...

O fewer than 24 persons with albinism will have died in Nigeria by the end of 2024. The annual figure the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN) puts out reckoned with only reported fatalities. Many ...

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