The majority of Ethiopians are strongly devout Christians or Muslims. Ethiopia is also a country besieged by HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. The prevailing belief is that Western medicine is in conflict with religious practice, which results in people seeking spiritual healing but foregoing modern medicine. Dr. Solomon Zewdu of Johns Hopkins University seeks to change that dynamic so that religion and medicine can coexist peacefully and both can be used to heal.
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Challenge: Millions of Ethiopians suffer with TB and AIDS. Many travel to a holy mountain seeking a cure.
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Solution: Offer treatments near holy sites. Can science and faith work together to save lives?
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU [Johns Hopkins University, PEPFAR]
A lot of people all over Ethiopia define themselves through two books: the Bible and the Koran. They base their whole life on it.
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There are holy water springs throughout Ethiopia. Entoto Mountain is one of the most sacred sites, drawing 100,000 each year to the healing power of its water.
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU
I was apprehensive. First time I went down there I had a lot of people telling me that I was going onto holy land, and talking about medicine was not gonna be something that was gonna be taken kindly.
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Dr. Zewdu is Ethiopian-American. He returned to his homeland to help treat the millions dying from HIV & TB.
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU
The challenge that we initially experienced was the fact that folks felt like, in order to be respectful to their faith, they had to completely be dependent on just the healing power of religion. And they were under the impression that Western medicine would be something that would be contradictory to the actual practice of religion.
MAN 1
We believed it was forbidden to take the medicine and the holy water at the same time.
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU
I had to go look for somebody of authority and knew what they were talking about when it came to religion.
I know my people are very devout to their religion. So whenever something comes to them, unless they are being informed by the clergy, people, they will be hesitant to do so.
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU
The offer we put in front of him was the patient or the follower does not have to make a choice. They can do both. Could you endorse us in getting this message out?
PATRIARCH ABUNE PAULOS
I told them the holy water and the medicine are the same, and they were never opposed to each other. The scientists who made the medicine, who created them? God. As far as I am concerned, they both came from the same God.
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With the blessings of the Patriarch, Dr. Zewdu initiated HIV care and treatment services on Entoto Mountain.
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU
The clergy has actually incorporated into their morning sermon that there is a hospital a kilometer and a half away from here that will give you free counseling and testing. If you require medicine, you'll get started on medicine for free.
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Before the clinic opened, dozens were buried every day. Now dozens are treated daily.
MAN 1
Now we get the benefits of the antiretroviral drugs and the blessings of the water.
DR. SOLOMON ZEWDU
And it’s directly saving lives. Otherwise, all of these individuals would be dead. This is just the start. Every faith should be able to benefit from the medicine and the spiritual component of their religion, and the healing power of their religion.
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Living Proof: Real Lives. Real Progress.
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Global partners fund the Entoto clinic. The organizations are working with Ethiopian clergy to spread this model across the country.
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Living Proof: Real Lives. Real Progress. www.one.org/livingproof
