{"id":392525,"date":"2018-01-17T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=392525"},"modified":"2018-01-17T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:48:11","slug":"guinea-healer-held-faking-hundreds-pregnancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/guinea-healer-held-faking-hundreds-pregnancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea healer held over faking hundreds of pregnancies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Police in Guinea say they have arrested a healer for conning hundreds of women into believing they were pregnant.<\/p>\n
N’na Fanta Camara gave women who had been unable to conceive a mixture of leaves, herbs and other medicines that caused them to bloat and look pregnant.<\/p>\n
For her services, patients paid $33 (\u00a324), in a country where the average monthly wage is around $48 (\u00a335).<\/p>\n
Police believe Ms Camara made thousands of dollars a month, though she says she was only trying to help.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, more than 200 women protested outside the police station in the Guinean capital of Conakry where Ms Camara was held.<\/p>\n
Over 700 women aged 17 to 45 are believed to have been affected by Ms Camara’s pregnancy “cure”.<\/p>\n
The high numbers reflect Guinea, and the rest of Africa’s, dependence on traditional healers.<\/p>\n
In 2006, the World Health Organization said\u00a0that 80% of Africans used traditional medical treatments.<\/p>\n