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Understanding traditional healer utilisation for hypertension care using the Andersen model: A qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

Glob Public Health, 2023
Hypertension disproportionately affects people living in African countries, where there are many challenges to appropriate diagnosis and treatment, and many people with hypertension utilise traditional healers as their primary source of healthcare.
Sundararajan R, Alakiu R, Ponticiello M, Birch G, Kisigo G, Okello E, Peck RN.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The patient relationship and therapeutic techniques of the South Sotho traditional healer

Curationis, 2005
Until 1996 the practice of traditional healers was outlawed in South Africa and not afforded a legal position in the community of health care providers. In 1978 the World Health Organization (WHO) identified traditional healers as those people forming an
MG Pinkoane, M Greeff, MJS Williams
doaj   +2 more sources

Factors Motivating Traditional Healer versus Biomedical Facility Use for Treatment of Pediatric Febrile Illness: Results from a Qualitative Study in Southwestern Uganda. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2020
. Febrile illnesses, such as malaria and pneumonia, are among the most common causes of mortality in children younger than 5 years in Uganda outside of the neonatal period.
Hooft A, Nabukalu D, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Gardiner MA, Sundararajan R.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Traditional healer treatment of HIV persists in the era of ART: a mixed methods study from rural South Africa. [PDF]

BMC Complement Altern Med, 2017
BackgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) substantially contributes to the burden of disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a major role in care, due to both their accessibility and acceptability.
Audet CM, Ngobeni S, Wagner RG.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Traditional health practices: A qualitative inquiry among traditional health practitioners in northern Uganda on becoming a healer, perceived causes of illnesses, and diagnostic approaches

PLoS ONE, 2023
Background The practice of traditional and complementary medicine is increasing in most low-and middle-income countries especially for chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases. In this study, we aimed to understand how people gain healing power
A. Mwaka, Jennifer Achan, C. G. Orach
semanticscholar   +1 more source

South African isiXhosa traditional healer self-identification, training, practices, and their perceptions of collaboration with medical providers: an exploratory study

South African Journal of Psychology, 2020
In South Africa, traditional healers treat a wide range of health-related problems and culture-bound syndromes considered non-responsive to Western medicine. Given the widespread use of traditional medicine in treating common mental disorders, especially
A. V. D. van der Watt, Priscilla Das-Brailsford, I. Mbanga, S. Seedat   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Why do People in Bali Meet Traditional Healer?

Annual International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (AICOSH 2020), 2020
—The Balinese have a unique belief in daily life including their behavior to seek various kind of health care either to professionals (medical doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.) or traditional healer ( balian ).
Ni Made Swasti Wulanyani, Kadek Meri Wahyuni, Made Padma Dewi Bajirani, A. Immanuel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rare causes of genital fistula in nine African countries: a retrospective review

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background Most genital fistulas result from prolonged, obstructed labor or surgical complications. Other causes include trauma (from accidents, traditional healers, or sexual violence), radiation, carcinoma, infection, unsafe abortion, and congenital ...
Carrie J. Ngongo, Thomas J.I.P. Raassen, Marietta Mahendeka, Ladeisha Lombard, Jos van Roosmalen, Marleen Temmerman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of traditional eye medicine use and its associated factors among adult ophthalmic patients in Gondar region of Ethiopia in 2020

Cogent Public Health, 2023
: Traditional medicines are commonly used throughout the world, especially in Africa. About 13.2–82.3% of the population uses traditional eye medicine.
Biruk Lelisa Eticha, Aragaw Kegne Assaye, Haile Woretaw Alemu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Appropriating spiritual help for traditional healing: why ancestors are needed [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021
This study investigates the use of traditional medicine by traditional healers in a South African context in the fight against Covid-19. Appropriating spiritual help in fighting the symptoms of the virus would be part of the treatment prescribed by ...
Prof Jaco Beyers
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