Healers Key to Stamping Out Ebola
<p><span word="Guinea">Guinea</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="sick">sick</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="rallying">rallying</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="healers">healers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="Mory">Mory</span> <span word="Kourouma">Kourouma</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="cure">cure</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="ails">ails</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="van">van</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="parks">parks</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="busy">busy</span> <span word="roadside">roadside</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guinea">Guinea</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Conakry">Conakry</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="offers">offers</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="medicines">medicines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="treat">treat</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="ailments">ailments</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ailment">ailment</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="fever">fever</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span> <span word="virus">virus</span>.</p><p>"<span word="For">For</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="complaining">complaining</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="fever">fever</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="place">place</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="normally">normally</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bottle">bottle</span>," <span word="Kourouma">Kourouma</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Ebola">Ebola</span> <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span></p><p><span word="Guinea">Guinea</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="virus">virus</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="virus">virus</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 11,300 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guinea">Guinea</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span> <span word="Sierra">Sierra</span> <span word="Leone">Leone</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Liberia">Liberia</span>.</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="neighbors">neighbors</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="rid">rid</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guinea">Guinea</span>.</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="virus">virus</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013, <span word="Dr">Dr</span>. <span word="Sakoba">Sakoba</span> <span word="Keita">Keita</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="coordinator">coordinator</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Guinea">Guinea</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="realized">realized</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="healers">healers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="board">board</span>.</p><p>"<span word="More">More</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="treating">treating</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>. <span word="Mainstream">Mainstream</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="healers">healers</span> <span word="can">can</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="know">know</span>, <span word="treat">treat</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="healers">healers</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="trained">trained</span> <span word="around">around</span> 1,500 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prevention">prevention</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="detection">detection</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ebola">Ebola</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>," <span word="Keita">Keita</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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