The heart of a cobra and the eyeball of a porcupine — along with a payment of £200 — can cure ebola, according to a witchdoctor working the west African region hit by the epidemic that has killed at least 3,091 people this year.
Bogus traditional healers argue that ebola is simply witchcraft, so witchdoctors are needed to cure it — and in a
region where there is dire health provision, and an absence of modern medical knowledge, the frightened people of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have turned to them in growing numbers. A Nigerian man styling himself as Dr Zack Balo claims to be able to cure ebola with various animal parts and a £200 fee. Other witchdoctors suggest bathing in salt water