Tanzania, Feb. 21 -- A Kiswahili adage goes, "jungu kuu halikosi ukoko," which literally means a big cooking pot will always hide the hard-burnt food. This statement connects well with Dr Emmaeli Moshi, the first female pathologist in the country.

Three months after her retirement on October 13, 2023, Dr Emmaeli was called back to work as a consultant pathologist, both with colleagues and postgraduate students in pathology in the department of histopathology and morbid anatomy at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH).

"You can never retire from medicine. Medicine is not only a science but also an art. Practice makes perfect. When I enrolled in this course, I did it as Dr Emmaeli and not as a female. Being the first female pathologist wa...