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When Science, Faith Clash: In Sierra Leone, a Deadly Gap Between Ritual and Medical Practices

DORMA, Sierra Leone — Inside his mud-walled house, the witch doctor cast his curse. Here, in the remote Dorma Village of Sierra Leone, where some of the poorest people in the world spend most of their day struggling to feed their families, the witch doctor’s power over life and death was well known.

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