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A Clash Between Science and Culture

How western medicine came to grips with centuries-old burial traditions in West Africa

When the Ebola epidemic ravaged West Africa in 2014 through 2015, much of the Western world was focused on one thing – containing the disease. But in the villages of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, where the virus claimed over … Continue reading

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