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Association between maternal use of traditional healer services and child vaccination coverage in Pont-Sonde, Haiti

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2009
Background Child vaccination is one of the public health interventions that are responsible for the relatively low child morbidity and mortality in developed nations compared to the developing world.
Job Jayakaran, Polycarpe Martine Y, Muula Adamson S, Siziya Seter, Rudatsikira Emmanuel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of traditional health practitioners in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: generic or mode specific?

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016
BackgroundTraditional health practitioners (THPs) play a vital role in the health care of the majority of the South African population and elsewhere on the African continent. However, many studies have challenged the role of THPs in health care. Concerns
T. Zuma, D. Wight, T. Rochat, M. Moshabela   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cis‐regulatory and long noncoding RNA alterations in breast cancer – current insights, biomarker utility, and the critical need for functional validation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The noncoding region of the genome plays a key role in regulating gene expression, and mutations within these regions are capable of altering it. Researchers have identified multiple functional noncoding mutations associated with increased cancer risk in the genome of breast cancer patients.
Arnau Cuy Saqués, Aracele Martinez‐Mendez, John Crown, Alex Eustace   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traditional healers [PDF]

The Lancet, 1995
René Berger, DavidM. Morens
openaire   +2 more sources

Mediese Sertifikate ingevolge die Traditional Health Practitioners Act: Die Kwessie van Geldigheid en Betroubaarheid /Medical Certificates in terms of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act: The Issue of Validity and Reliability

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2019
On 1 May 2014, various provisions of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007, came into effect. This resulted in the establishment of the Interim Council for Traditional Health Practitioners with the accompanying requirement that traditional ...
Juani van Niekerk
doaj   +1 more source

Health Seeking Behavior in Northern KwaZulu-Natal [PDF]

We examine patterns of health seeking behaviour prior to death among 1282 individuals who lived in the Umkhanyakude District of Northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Alicia Menendez, Anne Case, Cally Ardington   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Strength through diversity: how cancers thrive when clones cooperate

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Intratumor heterogeneity can offer direct benefits to the tumor through cooperation between different clones. In this review, Kuiken et al. discuss existing evidence for clonal cooperativity to identify overarching principles, and highlight how novel technological developments could address remaining open questions.
Marije C. Kuiken, Maartje Witsen, Emile E. Voest, Krijn K. Dijkstra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND\ud \ud The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practice. Traditional medicines are the mainstay of healthcare in this region and are known to support the management of many illnesses such ...
Moshi, Mainen J, Otieno, Donald F, Weisheit, Anke   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Adapting an adherence support workers intervention: engaging traditional healers as adherence partners for persons enrolled in HIV care and treatment in rural Mozambique

Implementation Science, 2017
BackgroundSystematic adaptation of evidence-informed interventions that increase retention in care and improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are essential to ending the HIV epidemic in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
C. Audet, José Salato, S. Vermund, K. R. Amico   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perspectives in educating molecular pathologists on liquid biopsy: Toward integrative, equitable, and decentralized precision oncology

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Liquid biopsy enables minimally invasive, real‐time molecular profiling through analysis of circulating biomarkers in biological fluids. This Perspective highlights the importance of training pathologists through integrative educational programs, such as the European Masters in Molecular Pathology, to ensure effective and equitable implementation of ...
Marius Ilié, Umberto Malapelle, Catherine Alix‐Panabières, Claus Lindbjerg Andersen, Sandra Chlebowski, Vivien Lake, Caroline Lacoux, Virginie Lespinet‐Fabre, Olivier Bordone, Simon Heeke, Christophe Bontoux, Ellen Heitzer, Klaus Pantel, Paul Hofman   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source