RIS ID
134109
Abstract
In October 2017 Abdul Matola was stoned and burnt to death in Malawi after being accused of being a "bloodsucking vampire". Matola had lived with uncontrolled epilepsy -- a highly treatable and non-infectious condition characterised by recurring seizures.
Publication Details
Mugumbate, J. (2018). People with epilepsy aren't protected in Africa: What needs to be done. The Conversation, 15 April 1-3.