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Back to roots? Herbs, midwives in demand as nurse’ strike bites.

Teresia Ojala, a former traditional birth attendant based in Maweni Mombasa. PHOTO: JECKONIA OTIENO

The ongoing nurses' strike in public hospitals has seen dozens of people turn to herbalists and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) for medical attention.

In Nyanza region, herbalists are smiling all the way to the bank as patients turn to them three months into the strike with no end in sight.

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