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==Daily Mail Artikel 14. November 2014==

==Daily Mail Artikel 14. November 2014==

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The homeopaths arrived in Liberia to use the deadly outbreak to prove their controversial theories and have already spent two weeks in the country with patients in a hospital in Ganta, in the north of the country near to the epicentre of the outbreak.

The homeopaths arrived in Liberia to use the deadly outbreak to prove their controversial theories and have already spent two weeks in the country with patients in a hospital in Ganta, in the north of the country near to the epicentre of the outbreak.

In letters and messages seen by Mail Online they revealed that the aim of their mission was to prove that homeopathy could treat Ebola.

In letters and messages seen by Mail Online they revealed that the aim of their mission was to prove that homeopathy could treat Ebola.

'The manufacturers of experimental vaccines will then have to change their opinions,' boasted Dr Edouard Broussalian, one of the team of two men and two women working in the remote area.<br>

'The manufacturers of experimental vaccines will then have to change their opinions,' boasted Dr Edouard Broussalian, one of the team of two men and two women working in the remote area.

The mission was organised by the Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis, an international group dedicated to promoting homeopathy.

The mission was organised by the Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis, an international group dedicated to promoting homeopathy.

But their intervention has dismayed critics of the controversial technique, whose practitioners use dilutions of substances in water.

But their intervention has dismayed critics of the controversial technique, whose practitioners use dilutions of substances in water.

Mike Noyes, the head of humanitarian response at UK charity ActionAid, which has teams of doctors supporting clinics in Sierra Leone and Liberia, told MailOnline: 'With this crisis, you can't be offering false hope.

Mike Noyes, the head of humanitarian response at UK charity ActionAid, which has teams of doctors supporting clinics in Sierra Leone and Liberia, told MailOnline: 'With this crisis, you can't be offering false hope.

'There is no scientific evidence that homeopathy has any impact on dealing with viral disease like Ebola.

'There is no scientific evidence that homeopathy has any impact on dealing with viral disease like Ebola.

Homeopaths claim that the way their remedies are prepared - which includes hitting the container 10 times against a leather and horsehair surface - give them a special potency and that the water molecules remember the presence of the active ingredient. Their opponents dismiss the 'treatments' as mumbo-jumbo and fear that desperately-ill Ebola patients will die as a result of their involvement.

Homeopaths claim that the way their remedies are prepared - which includes hitting the container 10 times against a leather and horsehair surface - give them a special potency and that the water molecules remember the presence of the active ingredient. Their opponents dismiss the 'treatments' as mumbo-jumbo and fear that desperately-ill Ebola patients will die as a result of their involvement.

The homeopaths - all medical doctors by training - arrived in Liberia on October 17 and the intervention of a team of international doctors was initially welcomed by the ministry of health, desperate for help in fighting a virus that has already killed more than 5,000 people.

The homeopaths - all medical doctors by training - arrived in Liberia on October 17 and the intervention of a team of international doctors was initially welcomed by the ministry of health, desperate for help in fighting a virus that has already killed more than 5,000 people.

But the homeopaths suffered a setback when health officials discovered that they intended to experiment with homeopathic treatments on Ebola sufferers.

But the homeopaths suffered a setback when health officials discovered that they intended to experiment with homeopathic treatments on Ebola sufferers.

He and his colleagues have made efforts to erase references to their trips after they were seized on by critics, but traces remain on the internet and Mail Online has been able to access much of the original material.

He and his colleagues have made efforts to erase references to their trips after they were seized on by critics, but traces remain on the internet and Mail Online has been able to access much of the original material.

In a post [in French] titled Mission Ebola Dr Broussalian explained how they planned to tackle Ebola:

In a post [in French] titled Mission Ebola Dr Broussalian explained how they planned to tackle Ebola:

'Using the basic clinical details available to us, I carried out an initial study to allow us to target the group of potential medicines.

'Using the basic clinical details available to us, I carried out an initial study to allow us to target the group of potential medicines.

'Finally, it is a unique opportunity to demonstrate the value of homeopathy. Of course they [their critics] will challenge us as to whether the 'cured patients' were really ill in the first place, but we hope to treat such large numbers that no challenge will be possible. The manufacturers of experimental vaccines will then have to change their opinions.'

'Finally, it is a unique opportunity to demonstrate the value of homeopathy. Of course they [their critics] will challenge us as to whether the 'cured patients' were really ill in the first place, but we hope to treat such large numbers that no challenge will be possible. The manufacturers of experimental vaccines will then have to change their opinions.'

The four doctors involved in the mission were Dr Richard Hiltner, from California, United States; Dr Edouard Broussalian, from Geneva, Switzerland: Dr Ortrud Lindemann, from Germany, and Dr Medha Durge, from Mumbai, India.

The four doctors involved in the mission were Dr Richard Hiltner, from California, United States; Dr Edouard Broussalian, from Geneva, Switzerland: Dr Ortrud Lindemann, from Germany, and Dr Medha Durge, from Mumbai, India.

They checked into the Wingus Guesthouse in the capital Monrovia and two days after they arrived, Dr Lindemann wrote a letter to supporters updating them on their progress. Her letter can be found on the Facebook pages of some of those supporters.

They checked into the Wingus Guesthouse in the capital Monrovia and two days after they arrived, Dr Lindemann wrote a letter to supporters updating them on their progress. Her letter can be found on the Facebook pages of some of those supporters.

'We finally reached after so many weeks of struggling to be able to travel to what we had decided to do. We are destined to help the people of Liberia to fight Ebola Virus Disease with an effective means of fighting epidemics : homeopathic remedies.'

'We finally reached after so many weeks of struggling to be able to travel to what we had decided to do. We are destined to help the people of Liberia to fight Ebola Virus Disease with an effective means of fighting epidemics : homeopathic remedies.'

Their target was the hospital in Ganta where, Dr Lindemann wrote there were only three Liberian doctors working.

Their target was the hospital in Ganta where, Dr Lindemann wrote there were only three Liberian doctors working.

She described meeting the board of the hospital who 'were so interested in our mission that we had a hard time leaving after two hours and asked/ pleaded us to not only stay for our intended three weeks.'

She described meeting the board of the hospital who 'were so interested in our mission that we had a hard time leaving after two hours and asked/ pleaded us to not only stay for our intended three weeks.'