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Silicosis patient Moses Ndaba receiving oxygen treatment at Kwekwe General Hospital in Zimbabwe
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For Silicosis Patients, Solar Power Means the Difference Between Life and Death

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Michael Gwarisa in Kwekwe A few metres away, the wife of 50-year-old Moses Ndaba stands quietly, her face weighed down by worry as she watches her husband struggle to breathe. Clad in a green dress, she reaches into a plastic bag, pulls out an apple and gently hands it to him. Ndaba stares at it

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Evelyn, 78, lies in a hospital bed at Heideveld Community Day Clinic, receiving oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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The Damage We Breathe Today: How Lung Injuries Are Quietly Killing Adults Years Later

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Watch: Struggling to Breathe: The Silent Burden of COPD & Asthma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7zMOLo5C0&t=226s Michael Gwarisa in Cape Town For decades, Evelyn’s smoking and repeated lung infections from tuberculosis (TB) took a toll she barely noticed. What started as a simple cough or occasional shortness of breath gradually turned into a constant struggle for air. Now, even

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