In her garden, traditional healer Mariam Kabika searched for plants she believes could help treat Ebola, a deadly virus spreading in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
“I’m looking for eucalyptus leaves, avocado leaves, mango leaves and papaya leaves,” Kabika said in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province and the center of the latest outbreak.
Ituri lies in the country’s mineral-rich east, a region long scarred by conflict, poverty and weak state services.
The outbreak, declared on May 15, is the 17th Ebola flare-up in the Central African nation.
The World Health Organization says it has so far infected 359 people and killed 61.
