today i went to nampula general hospital to see the countertops for the new lab there, which apparently i needed to approve before they installed it in my aflatoxin lab... the lab was beautiful, but to get to the lab you had to wade through a hundred or so people waiting outside for blood tests. that alone was rough to see, but not nearly as hard as the fifty people on the other side of the hospital, holding their bloodwork results and sobbing - a huge crowd of people, all having just learned they'll die of aids in the next three years.

it was crushing.