Week of September 26, 2009
Kumba Kumara
Kumba Kamara, in front of her home, after a seven-week stay at Makeni Governement Hospital. Photo by Rachael Borlase.
Description
In rural Sierra Leone, many people can't afford to go to the hospital. Instead, they depend on local herbalists to treat everything from epilepsy to typhoid. In this Reporter's Notebook, Rachael Borlase tells us about a woman named Kumba Kamara, and her first trip to the hospital.
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