BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - In her garden, traditional healer Mariam Kabika looked for ingredients for a concoction to treat Ebola, a deadly virus spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.“I’m looking for eucalyptus leaves, avocado leaves, mango leaves and papaya leaves,” said Kabika, a healer in the city of Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, at the center of the latest Ebola outbreak.Ituri lies in the east of the vast country, a mineral-rich but poor region ravaged by decades of conflict where state services are largely absent.
Congo’s traditional healers are on the front line of Ebola fight
BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - In her garden, traditional healer Mariam Kabika looked for ingredients for a concoction to treat Ebola, a deadly virus spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.“I’m looking for eucalyptus leaves, avocado leaves, mango leaves and papaya leaves,” said
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