A traditional man in Guinea has claimed that he has a genuine cure for Ebola if they had consulted him ab initio.
Traditional medicine men in Guinea or guérisseurs as they're called there have said that had they been properly consulted in the Ebola outbreak response, Ebola would have become a thing of the past by now in Guinea.
According to a report, president of the association of traditional healers in the town of Macenta, said guérisseurs have unique access to remote villages, as such they could have helped in spreading the message.
In his words:
"Guérisseurs
are often the first port of call for the sick. We could have spread
information on how to protect against Ebola or told people with symptoms
to seek help in the treatment centres."
Rather,
the traditional healers were sometimes accused of spreading the deadly
virus, and for somewhat good reason too. In Sierra Leone, a guérisseurs'
claim that she could cure Ebola drew the first Guinean victims across
the border, leading to the spread of the diesease.
Ebola has infected more than 23,500 people in West Africa and killed over 9,500, nearly all in the three worst-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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