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Traditional healers to improve access to quality health care in …

(3 days ago) WEBIn The Lancet Global Health, Radhika Sundararajan and colleagues report on the use of traditional healers to improve HIV testing in Uganda. Like many African countries, the …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00438-1/fulltext

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Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons

(4 days ago) WEBAbstract. Management of COVID-19 in Africa is challenging due to limited resources, including the high cost of vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices and routine …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414097/

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Understanding traditional African healing - PMC - National Center …

(3 days ago) WEBTraditional African religion /spirituality: Communication between the living and the living-dead. Nigosian (1994: 4) defined religion in general as “an invention or creation of the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651463/

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African culture, traditional medicine, and cancer care

(3 days ago) WEBIn most societies, people often revert to the familiar when faced with adversity. In Africa, traditional medicine has been a popular, familiar, and convenient health-care option for most people because of …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(22)00157-7/fulltext

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Trends and Challenges of Traditional Medicine in Africa - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBFor instance, the ratio of traditional healers to the population in Africa is 1: 500 compared to 1:40 000 medical doctors (see table 2 below for details). Indeed, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252714/

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The Place of African Traditional Medicine in Response to COVID

(8 days ago) WEBIn Africa, traditional medicine is culturally entrenched, accessible, and affordable, and serves as primary source for healthcare to more than 80% of the …

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/place-african-traditional-medicine-response-covid-19-and-beyond

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Afro-Communitarianism and the Role of Traditional African …

(2 days ago) WEBTraditional African Healers might also point out that social distancing, despite on the face of it being morally problematic for preventing rituals, is essential to …

https://academic.oup.com/phe/article/14/1/59/6179043

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(PDF) Indigenous Medicine and Traditional Healing in …

(5 days ago) WEBLiterature on traditional medicine in Africa is diverse and broad but most are country based, regional based or time based. There is the need for a systematic review that focuses on the nature of

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334974143_Indigenous_Medicine_and_Traditional_Healing_in_Africa_a_Systematic_Synthesis_of_the_Literature

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The role of traditional health practitioners in Rural KwaZulu …

(6 days ago) WEBTraditional 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 raised in the literature include the rationale, safety and effectiveness of traditional health …

https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-016-1293-8

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Integrating traditional medical knowledge into mainstream …

(7 days ago) WEBIn most African states, the majority of the population depend on indigenous healing knowledge for their healthcare. This knowledge is in danger of being obliterated …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0266666918785940

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Traditional system of medicines in Africa - ScienceDirect

(Just Now) WEB26.2. Traditional medicines and systems of medicine in Africa. African traditional medicine is the oldest and possibly the most diverse of all therapeutic …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128202845000083

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Traditional Medicines in Africa: An Appraisal of Ten Potent African

(Just Now) WEBThe use of medicinal plants as a fundamental component of the African traditional healthcare system is perhaps the oldest and the most assorted of all …

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/617459/

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South Africa’s traditional medicines should be used in modern …

(7 days ago) WEBTraditional medicines are part of the cultural heritage of many Africans. About 80% of the African continent’s population use these medicines for healthcare.. …

https://theconversation.com/south-africas-traditional-medicines-should-be-used-in-modern-health-care-211382

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Exploring the value of traditional healers in modern health care

(1 days ago) WEBIn sub-Saharan Africa, 85% of the population visits traditional healers for medical services (Nolna et al., 2020).The World Health Organization (WHO) …

https://researchforevidence.fhi360.org/exploring-the-value-of-traditional-healers-in-modern-health-care-systems

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Traditional health practitioners in South Africa - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEBThe South African Traditional Health Practitioners Act1 defines traditional health practice as performance of a function, activity, process, or service based on a …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61261-7/fulltext

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The historical relationship between African indigenous healing

(3 days ago) WEBThe article surveys half a century of historical writing on South African medicine, which is defined widely to include discussion of health care professions, public health, hospitals and asylums

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346747868_The_historical_relationship_between_African_indigenous_healing_practices_and_Western-orientated_biomedicine_in_South_Africa_A_challenge_to_collaboration

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African Traditional Medicine: South African Perspective

(1 days ago) WEBAfrican traditional medicine (ATM) has been used by African populations for the treatment of diseases long before the advent of orthodox medicine and continues to carry a part of the burden of health for the majority of the population. South Africa, as a member state of the World Health Organisation, has been set on the path of …

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/65475

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Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in Sub …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) refers to a set of healthcare practices (indigenous or imported) that are delivered …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231111/

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African Traditional Medicine: Its Potential, Limitations and …

(8 days ago) WEBThe state and importance of African traditional medicine African traditional medicine is as old as humanity, and has been reported by Ebu, et al. [6] to be the oldest of all the …

https://scholars.direct/Articles/health-care/jhc-5-025.pdf

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Traditional African Medicine and its Role in Healing in a …

(8 days ago) WEBHerbalism, divination, and spiritualism often combine in traditional African medicine, perhaps the oldest and most varied therapeutic system in the world. This holistic health care system has many practitioners and followers and despite its decline for a period of time, traditional African medicine has resurged across the continent in recent years.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/traditional-african-medicine-and-its-role-healing-modern-world-004522

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African traditional medicine and healing in South Africa: …

(5 days ago) WEBThe use of medicinal plants as a fundamental component of the traditional African healthcare system is perhaps the oldest and most varied of all therapeutic …

https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gab/article/view/203414

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Traditional healer-initiated HIV testing and care expands in South …

(7 days ago) WEBThe project is part of Ntirhisano (Working Together), a larger portfolio of work that studies traditional healer integration into the primary health care system. “If …

https://news.vumc.org/2024/04/25/traditional-healer-initiated-hiv-testing-and-care-expands-in-south-africa/

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Boosting efforts to transform care for severe chronic diseases in …

(2 days ago) WEBDar es Salaam – Health experts from across Africa, policymakers, civil society organizations and partners meeting for the first-ever conference on strengthening efforts …

https://www.afro.who.int/news/boosting-efforts-transform-care-severe-chronic-diseases-africa

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Request for proposals (RFPs) for research priority setting for

(2 days ago) WEBFor millions of people around the world traditional medicine is an integral resource for health, wellbeing and sustainable living. Member States report to WHO on …

https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/request-for-proposals-for-research-priority-setting-for-traditional-medicine

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UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a …

(8 days ago) WEBFILE - A family enters a tent set aside for cholera patients at a clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Nov. 18, 2023. The World Health Organization has approved a …

https://apnews.com/article/cholera-vaccine-africa-middle-east-who-57b3088cd19fab41b4e1b0aac8da7a60

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West Africa's Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch malaria

(5 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization-approved vaccine is meant to work alongside existing tools such as bed nets to combat malaria, which in Africa kills nearly half a …

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/west-africas-benin-liberia-sierra-leone-launch-malaria-vaccination-2024-04-25/

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Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons

(8 days ago) WEBManagement of COVID-19 in Africa is challenging due to limited resources, including the high cost of vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices and routine pharmaceuticals. These …

https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/8/e010813

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Chris Oyakhilome: Nigerian pastor pushing malaria vaccine - BBC

(6 days ago) WEBBut medical experts fear the influential pastor's far-reaching sermons might negatively affect vaccine take-up in Africa. In August last year, he warned in a sermon …

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67577223

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The Roles and Challenges of Traditional Health Practitioners in

(3 days ago) WEB1. Introduction. Traditional health services are differentiated by their approaches to re-establishing indigenous health models that existed prior to the advent …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603220/

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World Malaria Day 2024: All you need to know about the situation …

(Just Now) WEBA study published in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease last year said COVID-19-induced lockdowns led to disruptions at 30% of rural community health …

https://apnews.com/article/malaria-explainer-poverty-climate-change-8d4437a316cce82e4a69e68f9a6521b7

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England face rematch with South Africa in autumn clashes

(6 days ago) WEBSouth Africa, unusually for recent times, will play only three tests. They start with Scotland on Sunday, Nov. 10, followed by England and a final game in Cardiff …

https://www.reuters.com/sports/england-face-rematch-with-south-africa-autumn-clashes-2024-04-22/

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Zuma Dispels Ill-Health Rumors at Party Rally in South Africa

(2 days ago) WEBFormer South African President Jacob Zuma made his first public appearance in a week as his party sought to dispel speculation that he’s ill.. Zuma, who has …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/zuma-dispels-ill-health-rumors-at-party-rally-in-south-africa

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Traditional Medicine: Past, Present and Future Research and …

(3 days ago) WEBAfrican Traditional Medicine Day is celebrated every year in Cameroon, to sensitized the public on the importance TM. This is a coordinated effort of the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252219/

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The ethics of improving African traditional medical practice

(3 days ago) WEBSouth African Medical Association Task Team, 2006. Bridging the gap: potential for a health care partnership between African traditional healers and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7092799/

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