Health tech pins hope on Africa's pandemic shift to online care


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  • Monday, 07 Sep 2020

Loveth Metiboba, a researcher and a mother of one is seen during teleconsultation with Dr. Marieta Ekeng of EHA clinics in Abuja, Nigeria August 31, 2020. Picture taken August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

LAGOS (Reuters) - When Loveth Metiboba's baby had diarrhoea, she worried that taking him to a clinic near her home in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, might expose them both to the coronavirus.

"The idea of going to the clinic was very scary," said Metiboba, a researcher for a charity.

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