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"If it weren't for my traditional healer, I would be dead": Engaging traditional healers to support people living with HIV in rural Mozambique. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Across rural sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV (PLHIV) commonly seek out treatment from traditional healers. We report on the clinical outcomes of a community health worker intervention adapted for traditional healers with insight into our ...
Carolyn M Audet +5 more
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Becoming a Xhosa traditional healer: The calling, illness, conflict and belonging [PDF]
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Traditional healers (THs) are an important part of the healthcare system in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding their training, experiences of becoming healers and their perceived roles in society is critical.
Alberta S.J. van der Watt +5 more
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A psychiatrist in training encounters a traditional healer [PDF]
South African Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Traditional healers play a significant role in healthcare seeking in South Africa. Many South Africans often seek healthcare services from both medical practitioners and traditional healers simultaneously for the same condition. Despite this,
Raksha Singh, Pierre M. Joubert
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Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in HealthIntroduction Buruli ulcer (BU) is a skin-related neglected tropical disease (skin NTD) considered to be a disease of the poor. This study explored BU wound management in a traditional therapeutic setting in the Atwima Mponua District of Ghana and ...
Edmond Kwaku Ocloo +13 more
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"The prayer circles in the air": a qualitative study about traditional healer profiles and practice in Northern Norway. [PDF]
Int J Circumpolar Health, 2018 Langås-Larsen A +3 more
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Traditional healing in Kisii County, Kenya: a personal narrative
BJPsych International, 2023 This article describes the author's experiences growing up in a family of traditional healers, an account of early guidance by her grandmother, a severe illness that influenced her to become a healer and the values that are central to her own work as a ...
Lydia Matoke
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Religions, 2023 New prophetic churches have a different approach to classical Pentecostalism when it comes to the practice of divine healing. Unlike classical Pentecostalism, new prophetic churches embrace the practice of consulting prophets in divine healing in the ...
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
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Local experience of using traditional medicine in northern Rwanda: a qualitative study
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2021 Background The popular use of traditional medicine in low-income settings has previously been attributed to poverty, lack of education, and insufficient accessibility to conventional health service.
Mengxin Tan +5 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Background: Based on the premise that Africans in rural areas seek health care from traditional healers, this study investigated a collaborative model between traditional healers and the national Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) programs across seven ...
Sylvie Kwedi Nolna +7 more
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2021 Background Lack of information exists about the use of traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) use among middle-aged and older adults in India, which led to studying the estimates of past-12-month Ayurveda/Yoga/Naturopathy/Unani/Siddha/Homeopathy ...
Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer
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