Albinos demand specialised skin care

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People with albinism are decrying limited dermatological services in the country due to lack of specialisation in the area in government facilities.

They say high turnover in health care has lead to instances where prescriptions are not followed up by the initial consultants, hence confusion as to what exactly to believe. 

Already, living in an extremely hot country, the albinism community say they have had contradicting prescriptions from public (skin care) doctors, further making them vulnerable to skin diseases, prime of which being cancer.

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