Africa's Ebola outbreaks complicated by victims who prefer traditional healers over hospitals
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Samuel Kuule, a nurse and survivor of the first Ebola Bundibugyo strain in 2007, stands at Kikyo Health Centre IV in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Uganda, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)A traditional healer displays herbal medicines used for healing in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Uganda, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)A woman sits beside a caged grave of a person who died from the first outbreak of Bundibugyo virus, a particular strain of Ebola, in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Uganda, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)People wash their hands before entering Kikyo Health Centre IV in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)A laboratory technician works with a patient at Kikyo Health Centre IV in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Uganda, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
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Samuel Kuule, a nurse and survivor of the first Ebola Bundibugyo strain in 2007, stands at Kikyo Health Centre IV in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Uganda, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)