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Title: Africa's medicine men key to halting Ebola spread in Guinea
Source:
Reuters
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/africas-medic ... a-spread-guinea-071214581.html
Published: Mar 2, 2015
Author: Misha Hussain
Post Date: 2015-03-02 08:33:14 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 242
Comments: 5
By Misha Hussain MACENTA, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a land where witchcraft is sought after more than science for curing illness, medicine men in Guinea say the Ebola epidemic would be over by now if they had been properly included in the outbreak response. From broken bones to impotence to madness, these traditional healers say they have a potion, spell or touch for many ailments Western doctors can't treat. But there's only one cure for Ebola they say: knowledge. In the forest region of southeastern Guinea, where the virus was detected last March, disseminating information using modern technology has proved challenging, resulting in the disease outstaying its welcome. Karamoko Ibrahima Fofana, president of the association of traditional healers in the town of Macenta, said guérisseurs, as they are known, have unique access to remote villages. "Guérisseurs are often the first port of call for the sick," said Fofana, 69, who is also an imam at the central mosque in Macenta, a hot, dusty town carved out of the forest. "We could have spread information on how to protect against Ebola or told people with symptoms to seek help in the treatment centres." 
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I saw that guy in Walmart the other day.
He's the new customer relations manger and worth every cent of the new minimum wage.
Here in hills we have one Walmart. Dollar General is eating the foundation out from under Walmart.
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