The Bone-Setters’ Ward: How Ancient Healers Are Filling Ethiopia’s Modern Healthcare Vacuum

Reporting from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia In a residential neighbourhood of Bahir Dar, in northwestern Ethiopia, patients visit the home of W/ro Birqe Yibre for help with injuries. Birqe, a traditional bone-setter known locally as a Wogesha, has practised for more than 20 years. One of her patients, Yidersal Mengistu, came with a painful right foot and a bruised big toe…