Cédric Ouanekpone, Central African Republic’s First Nephrologist: “I Would Tell Doctors Who Are Out There that It Is Never Too Late to Come Back and Support the Local Health system.”

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Nothing deterred Dr. Cédric Ouanekpone (Bangui, 39 years old) from returning to the Central African Republic (RCA). Not a job in Strasbourg whose salary exceeded more than one in his country (2,500 euros versus 500 euros) nor the fear of returning to a fragile state shaken by war, with a poor health infrastructure, with only 0.29 doctors per 10,000 inhabitants (in Spain, this rate is 42.9). Ouanekpone was clear that he would be more useful at ho…