Francistown is located in the eastern part of Botswana, near the Zimbabwean border...... Yes, it's Zimbabwean currency.

Once the centre of Africa's earliest gold rush, it now has a population of about 200,000 and 85,000 officially registered AIDS people, or 42.5 per cent.

I don't know if it's because of the proximity to Zimbabwe, so it's even more confusing.

Francistown is about 450km from the capital city of Gaborone, and they depart at 12 noon.

The bus heads all the way east.

After passing through the English country house-like buildings in the capital, the scenery becomes majestic.

When the vast grassland came into view, most of the young people in the car who had never been to Africa leaned on the window to watch.

Others couldn't help but exclaim.

Botswana is like a country with a filter on the screen, and it's simply beautiful.

Each one is as beautiful as a photographer's shot.

Of course, the country's good protection of the natural environment also has a lot to do with the small population.

Botswana has a land area of 580,000 square kilometers, which is larger than one Sichuan Province + one Tianfu in China, but has a population of only 2.2 million.

And how many people are there in Sichuan Province and Tianfu combined?

In 2019, the permanent population of Sichuan Province was 83.75 million, and Tianfu was 3124.

The two together are 114.99 million people.

A fraction of 4.99 million is more than double that of Botswana.

Therefore, when there are many people, some things are naturally difficult to manage.

Zhou Wen and Wei Dong sat at the back.

Wei Dong has led the team to Africa for international assistance many times, and he is very familiar with the customs here, and introduced the situation to Zhou Wen along the way.

"In addition to AIDS, Botswana has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world.

Because of its high incidence of AIDS, and once the immune system is severely weakened, tuberculosis, which is a contagious bacterial infection, begins to spread, eventually leading to death......"

After a pause, Wei Dong said: "In addition, the cryptococcal meningitis induced by HIV is also very serious in Botswana, according to incomplete statistics, in 2018, about 47,000 patients died of cryptococcal meningitis in Botswana, accounting for 7.9% of the deaths from this disease in the entire Africa. ”

"There are so many ......"

Zhou Wen was shocked when he heard this.

He had previously read the literature that cryptococcosis accounts for about 1 million new infections worldwide each year, and about 600,000 people die each year in sub-Saharan Africa.

But data is always data, and when it's all right in front of you and at your fingertips, the shock is unparalleled.

Wei Dong nodded: "This data is an official statistic, and the actual death toll should be more than that." ”

Zhou Wen didn't know what to say for a while.

"It's amazing that you have been able to clone the serum cells of cryptococcosis, just as artemisinin was to malaria. Wei Dong sighed.

Zhou Wen said modestly: "You have won the prize!"

"It's a fact that many people will be grateful for your invention in the future. Wei Dong said a word and said, "By the way, when will the vaccine be put on the market?"

Zhou Wen: "Well, it will take about a year, mainly because the technical equipment for mass production is relatively high. ”

"Well, I know ......"

The two of them chatted all the way.

The bus driver should often take one route, and the bus should drive fast and steadily.

There are not many high-rise buildings along the way, they are all neatly planned buildings, very beautiful, you can imagine, and they must be brilliant at night.

Exotic, swing supreme.

Before six o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived in the city of Francistown.

They lived in the southern suburbs, in a large mansion surrounded by rows of country houses that resembled those of the English kind.

As you can tell from the houses, this is supposed to be a wealthy neighborhood in the city of Francistown...... No, although there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in Botswana, and the average person only has five or six hundred dollars a month, people seem to live in such mansions of several hundred square meters.

The house really doesn't tell whether it is rich or poor.

This is followed by accommodation, dinner, and so on...... Noisy.

Everyone was excited.

After dinner, some members proposed to go for a walk nearby, but Wei Dong strictly forbade it.

No one is allowed to act without permission.

Someone in the team was upset and let out a small beep.

Wei Dong turned a deaf ear and turned around and walked towards his bedroom.

Zhou Wen followed, "Wait a minute...... Professor Wei. ”

Wei Dong seemed to know that Zhou Wen would come over, and when Zhou Wen came in, he said, "Close the door." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Wen closed the door behind him.

Wei Dong walked to the window and pulled up the glass...... The glass is upwards, and outside is a dense wood, blue in the light of the incandescent lights all around.

The urban agglomeration in the distance was as he expected, very beautiful, and the few skyscrapers located in it exuded dazzling brilliance, which was simply beautiful.

Wei Dong took out the hardcover front door from his pocket, took out one and threw it to Zhou Wen, "Sit." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Wen sat down and wanted to light Wei Dong's fire, but when he touched his pocket, he remembered that the lighter was given to Wang Wu before he got on the plane, and he didn't buy it after he landed, and he also borrowed someone else's fire in Gaborone before.

Wei Dong smiled, took out a disposable lighter, and helped Zhou Wen light it.

"Ahem...... Wei Dong cleared his throat after taking a puff of cigarette and said, "Why do you think we came to Botswana?"

"Uh......" Zhou Wenleng paused, wanting to say that Botswana has the most AIDS patients, so naturally he wants to come here to help.

But if you think about it wrong, Botswana is indeed the world's largest number of AIDS patients...... But what does this have to do with them?

Other countries have money, the actual per capita GDP far exceeds China's, everyone lives in a country house, and when it comes to aid, Botswana's assistance to them is almost the same.

Seeing that Zhou Wen didn't speak, Wei Dong said: "This aid operation is unplanned, and many things are relatively hasty...... Let's just go through the motions. ”

"What do you mean......"

Zhou Wen thought of the performance of those team members just now, and suddenly understood something, a large part of the team members may have come to gild.

It is precisely because of this that the leaders above chose Botswana, a politically stable and well-established country, to provide assistance, also just in case.

Even his personal safety was in the consideration of the upper leadership.

Thinking of this, Zhou Wen couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

Wei Dong smiled: "Yes, what I mean is what you mean, you just know what I mean." ”

"But......" Zhou Wen still wanted to say something, but the words came to his lips and swallowed again, and nodded, "I know, I think I'm here to travel." ”

……

The next morning, after breakfast, the group went to the municipal hospital in Francistown, led by Wei Dong.

On the way, Zhou Wen noticed that except for Li Feng and Dong Wenying he brought, the expressions of the rest of the people were very relaxed, they were talking and laughing all the way, and many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

It's like coming to Africa for aid, it's just like a tourist.

At this time, Zhou Wen finally understood why he went to Africa to assist such a major task, and the time span was as long as 3 months, and the system only gave a reward of 50,000 experience points.

Come and play a lap and go back, give 50,000 experience points, it's really a conscience system.

Either way, it's a good thing not to venture into those dangerous areas.