Martin Robbins: Bad Science in the Developing World - Trailing homeopaths in East Africa

Update: 2015-12-26

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3 April 2013 Martin Robbins reports on dangerous pseudo-medical practices outside the Western world, from homeopaths in East Africa to flat earthers and anti-vaccine campaigns in Nigeria. In this talk, Martin will be talking about his visits to homeopathic projects in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Martin Robbins is a writer, podcaster and journalist covering science, pseudoscience and evidence-based politics. He is a columnist at VICE and blogs for The Guardian and New Statesman. He has written for the Times, the Telegraph, and the Independent.

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Martin Robbins: Bad Science in the Developing World - Trailing homeopaths in East Africa

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Martin Robbins: Bad Science in the Developing World - Trailing homeopaths in East Africa