Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Rachel Chitofu

  • The seed and the stone: Loss in a Harare GYN clinic

    Rachel ChitofuHarare, Zimbabwe In the Harare gynecology clinic, the air is thick with antiseptic and held breath. For four women today, the womb is less a sanctuary and more a ledger of what has been lost or never allowed to begin. ​For the first woman with late-stage HPV, a cervix surrendered to malignancy. She did…