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World in Progress: Senegal Traditional Healers

Emmanuelle Landais
October 25, 2017

Sengal's traditional healers usually combine a mix of rituals and medicinal plants when treating their patients. But the lack of regulations makes it easier for fake healers to exploit patients instead of curing them. That's why Senegal is now planning a new law to regulate the practices of the traditional healers in the country. But many medical doctors say the law does not go far enough. 

https://p.dw.com/p/2mUAN

(Report: Emmanuelle Landais)