Christoph
16-03-07, 22:45
BANJUL, Gambia (CNN) -- At the only hospital in the capital of this tiny West African nation, a 3-year-old AIDS patient named Suleiman receives his daily dose of medication -- a murky brown concoction of seven herbs and spices served out of a bottle that once contained pancake syrup.
The boy is told a spoonful a day will make him better. His mother, Fatuma, takes the same concoction, as do several dozen other AIDS and HIV patients here. Adults take two spoonfuls.
"It's amazing," Fatuma says. "Two weeks ago, I was very ill, weak and couldn't eat without vomiting."
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/15/koinange.africa/index.html
The boy is told a spoonful a day will make him better. His mother, Fatuma, takes the same concoction, as do several dozen other AIDS and HIV patients here. Adults take two spoonfuls.
"It's amazing," Fatuma says. "Two weeks ago, I was very ill, weak and couldn't eat without vomiting."
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/15/koinange.africa/index.html