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World Service,1 min

‘Today’s leprosy is mental illness.’

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Benin, in West Africa, is a country in which 80% of people use traditional and spiritual healers to cure their ills. Gregoire, an ex garage mechanic is battling to ensure mental health patients receive the best modern psychiatric treatment in Benin. Image: Floating village of Ganvie, Benin. Credit: Thinkstock

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