Yusra’s tiny body was hooked up to machines twice her size as her mother clutched the side of her cot, watching her baby fight for her life. Yusra had developed severe sepsis, which meant her body had turned on itself. As her immune system attacked her vital organs, doctors tried to treat her with various antibiotics. But there was a problem: the drugs weren’t working.
Yusra and her twin sister had been born two months early by C-section in Woldia, a hilly town in a region of…
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