Ebola risk unheeded as Guinea's villagers keep on eating fruit bats

From Global development | The Guardian Mon Aug 4 2014, 10:40:43

Health workers struggle to separate myth from reality of Ebola as residents say abandoning tradition is out of the question

Medical teams struggling to curb Ebola in west Africa have been discouraging bush meat consumption, believed to have caused the outbreak, but some rural communities dependent on the meat for protein are determined to continue their traditional hunting practices.

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