NCD Patient Advocacy in South Africa

 
 

One morning in April 2012, Funani Juliet was having breakfast in her Pietersburg, South Africa, home when food started to drip down the right side of her face. Her lips couldn’t hold what she was eating. The retired primary school teacher looked in the mirror and saw nothing odd, but called a friend right away. The friend wanted to take her to a doctor, but Funani opted to go to church to pray. But soon her face started to shake and became contorted to the right side. When she went to the doctor, she found out she had hypertension and high cholesterol.

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