Main content

Dementia - a cognitive disease affecting more than 55 million people worldwide

Misconceptions about the disease has some people believing it is connected to witchcraft. Elderly men and women have been bullied, ostracised, beaten, stoned, burned and even killed because of witchcraft accusations. How then can society begin to change this cruelty on the elderly? The 麻豆社鈥檚 Millicent Akeyo travelled to rural Zambia to get some answers.

7 minutes

This clip is from

Life Clinic

Show available episodes

More clips from Life Clinic

See all clips from Life Clinic (215)