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Health Care and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

David Bornstein, Tina Rosenberg

October 18, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Lesotho, Maseru

In a mountainous region of Lesotho, a man named Tsepo Kotelo visits 20 villages every week on his new motorcycle to provide health care to local villagers. The Elton John AIDS Foundation gifted the motorcycles to Kotelo and his colleagues, allowing them to increase the number of patients they visit by 600 percent. An organization called Riders for Health helps maintain the bikes, ensuring that remote villages will continue to receive medical care.

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