Endocrine Southern Africa Trust was founded in Zimbabwe by Dr Heriet
Mhondiwa after learning about the plight of children living with a rare condition called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). In simple terms, this means that the body does not self-produce a hormone called cortisol.
Cortisol is a hormone that helps regulate the body’s response to stress (this means that when a child is sick, they do not have a natural stress management hormone) and without access to their life long medication they will die.
