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Prevalence of Oral Pain and Barriers to use of Emergency Oral Care Facilities Among Adult Tanzanians. [PDF]

, 2008
Oral pain has been the major cause of the attendances in the dental clinics in Tanzania. Some patients postpone seeing the dentist for as long as two to five days.
Ahadieli Raphael Senkoro, B Varenne, BH de Oliveira, C Miller, C Okunseri, Emil Namakuka Kikwilu, EP Macias, European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate – General Community Action Programme on Health Monitoring, Febronia Kokulengya Kahabuka, HJ Mosha, IM Matee, JM Wakiaga, Joyce Rose Masalu, JP Kessy, JT Johnson, K Zittel-Palamara, LB Käll, Ministry of Health, MK Ntabaye, N Ratnayake, RB Fillingim, VR Aggarwal, WH van Palenstein Helderman, World Health Organisation, Y Luo   +24 more
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Anthropology, Brokerage and Collaboration in the development of a Tongan Public Psychiatry: Local Lessons for Global Mental Health [PDF]

, 2016
The Global Mental Health (GMH) movement has revitalised questions of the translatability of psychiatric concepts and the challenges of community engagement in countries where knowledge of the biomedical basis for psychiatric diagnosis is limited or ...
Campbell I. C., Churchward C. M., Cowling W. E., Desjarlais R., Fadgen T. P., Gordon T., Heaton M. M., Helu F., Janman P., Jilek W. G., Jilek W. G., Latukefu S., Leckie J., Littlewood R., Luhrmann T., Mike Poltorak, Minister of Health, Moala K., Morton H., Parsons C. D. F., Puloka M. H., Puloka M. H., Puloka M. H., Shore B., Thaman K. H., Vaiola Hospital Psychiatric Unit, Vaiola Hospital Psychiatric Unit, Vaiola Hospital Psychiatric Unit, Vaka S. L., Weiss P., Williams A. T., Williams A. T., World Health Organization (WHO), ‘Atenisi University   +33 more
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A critical review of traditional medicine and traditional healer use for malaria and among people in malaria-endemic areas: contemporary research in low to middle-income Asia-Pacific countries

Malaria Journal, 2015
BackgroundMalaria is a leading health threat for low to middle-income countries and around 1.8 billion people in the Southeast Asian region and 870 million people in the Western Pacific region remain at risk of contracting malaria.
D. L. Suswardany, D. Sibbritt, Sudibyo Supardi, Sungwon Chang, Jon Adams   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of epilepsy in Laos: Perceptions of healthcare professionals from Vientiane Capital province and traditional healers in Southern Laos

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2021
Background and aim: Traditional practices are deeply rooted in Lao people’s perceptions and beliefs about health and illness.The objective of the study was to understand the perceptions of healthcare professionals and traditional healers regarding the ...
Mayoura Bounlu, Emilie Auditeau, Somchit Vorachit, Phetvongsinh Chivorakoun, Vimalay Souvong, Thidachanh Soukhasem, Sonesimmaly Sannikone, Pierre-Marie Preux, Farid Boumediene   +8 more
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Physicians’ Antibiotics Prescribing Patterns for Common Diseases and Knowledge on Antimicrobial Resistance: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2023
Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of patients or their caregivers, and prescribers of antibiotics toward antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh. Method: This was a mixed-method research study. Data
Rabeya Sultana, Ibrahim Arafat Mohim, Mona Rahim, Munira Rahim, Mohammad Shamsal Islam   +4 more
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Ethnomedicinal Plants in Herbal Remedies Used for Treatment of Skin Diseases by Traditional Healers in Songkhla Province, Thailand

Plants, 2022
Skin disorders are a worldwide health problem that normally affect human life. A traditional healer is an important expert in researching notable medicinal plants for skin disease treatment. This study aimed to determine the traditional knowledge and the
J. Saising, K. Maneenoon, Oraphan Sakulkeo, S. Limsuwan, F. Götz, S. Voravuthikunchai   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Functional Role of Traditional Music and Dance in Xhosa Traditional Healers’ Ceremonial Rites

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2022
African societies have always used traditional music and dance to celebrate events, interface, and connect with divinity, especially during communal ceremonies.
B. Izu, A. D. de Villiers
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Profiles of traditional healers and their healing practices in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Despite the widespread use of traditional healers in the management of mental health problems among South Africans, there is a knowledge gap in their practices that needs to be narrowed in order to develop a more collaborative and integrated ...
Ntombizanele Menze, Alberta S.J. Van der Watt, Karis Moxley, Soraya Seedat   +3 more
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Traditional Methods of Protecting the Infant and Child Illness/Disease Among the Wazigua at Mvomero Ward, Morogoro, Region, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2013
Even though child and infant protection against health problems using various methods is as old as mankind, there is limited literature on traditional methods used to protect infant and child in Tanzania.
Kayombo , E.J.
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The present-day diagnosis and treatment model of the South African traditional healer

, 2016
Background At present, no formal guides or curricula exist to direct and instruct diagnosis and treatment in the practice of the traditional healer. To gain knowledge of how the traditional healer makes diagnoses and offers treatment, the researcher has ...
A. Duvenhage, G. Louw
semanticscholar   +1 more source