Ensuring Essential Sun Protection for Persons with Albinism

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A man with albinism covers himself in sunscreen prepared by members of an NGO on August 18, 2016, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. © 2016 Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Luisinho, a 26-year-old man with albinism whom I interviewed in Mozambique, faced a heartbreaking choice: either continue working outdoors under life-threatening sun exposure or quit his job selling second-hand clothes, thereby pushing himself and his family deeper into poverty. He needed to make this choice because he could not afford adequate sun protection.Luisinho’s experience is not isolated. Rather,…

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