A UK business is helping address the association between epilepsy and witchcraft in parts of Africa.
Morningside Pharmaceuticals, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, has donated 1,000 packs of epilepsy medicine to try and help people with the condition and help overcome the stigma still attached to it.
Due to poor healthcare and education in parts of countries such as Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Ghana, many communities still associate epilepsy with witches and wizards, resorting to traditional herbal treatments and even public ceremonies to ward off perceived evil spirits and to heal the patient.
