After Ebola, Africans shun herbal medicines

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Bauyuku Mansaray used to believe in the healing powers of herbs, but not after the Ebola crisis.

Traditional medicines couldn’t stop the deadly virus from killing 50 people — a third of the population — in Kumala, Mansaray’s small village in the north. “I used to believe that Ebola was something that can be cured by our herbalists here,” said Mansaray, 50, a farmer. “But when I saw what Ebola did in Kumala village ... I changed my thought all together."

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