The day Dr Ndugulile ‘confronted’ Magufuli on Covid-19 treatment

Dar es Salaam. At a time when Tanzania was promoting an unconventional approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, one man dared to stand by his professional convictions — Dr Faustine Ndugulile.

As the Deputy Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender and the Elderly, his time at the docket marked an important period when science clashed with politics under the leadership of the late President John Magufuli.