Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances

Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances

Traditional medicine refers to the ways that existed of protecting and restoring health before the arrival of modern medicine (World Health Organization - WHO 1996). It has also been defined as the sum total of all knowledge and practices used in t...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AILMENTS
BASIC HEALTH
DIAGNOSIS
DISABILITY
DISEASE
DOCTORS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
ILLNESSES
LEARNING
MEDICAL PRACTICE
MEDICINES
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROGRAMS
PSYCHIATRY
SOCIAL WELL BEING
SPECIALISTS
SURGERY
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TREATMENT
TROPICAL MEDICINE
URBANIZATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/5545682/traditional-medicine-uganda-historical-perspective-challenges-advances
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spelling okr-10986-107702021-04-23T14:02:52Z Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances World Bank AILMENTS BASIC HEALTH DIAGNOSIS DISABILITY DISEASE DOCTORS HEALTH CARE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES ILLNESSES LEARNING MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICINES PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS PREVALENCE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS PSYCHIATRY SOCIAL WELL BEING SPECIALISTS SURGERY TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAMS TREATMENT TROPICAL MEDICINE URBANIZATION Traditional medicine refers to the ways that existed of protecting and restoring health before the arrival of modern medicine (World Health Organization - WHO 1996). It has also been defined as the sum total of all knowledge and practices used in the prevention, diagnosis, and elimination of physical, mental or social imbalances and which relies exclusively on practical experience and observation handed down from generation to generation, whether orally or in writing. It has bee debated whether the word traditional should be used at all, as it implies some degree of stagnancy or backwardness. 2012-08-13T13:04:48Z 2012-08-13T13:04:48Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/5545682/traditional-medicine-uganda-historical-perspective-challenges-advances http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10770 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 67 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Uganda
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topic AILMENTS
BASIC HEALTH
DIAGNOSIS
DISABILITY
DISEASE
DOCTORS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
ILLNESSES
LEARNING
MEDICAL PRACTICE
MEDICINES
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROGRAMS
PSYCHIATRY
SOCIAL WELL BEING
SPECIALISTS
SURGERY
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TREATMENT
TROPICAL MEDICINE
URBANIZATION
spellingShingle AILMENTS
BASIC HEALTH
DIAGNOSIS
DISABILITY
DISEASE
DOCTORS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
ILLNESSES
LEARNING
MEDICAL PRACTICE
MEDICINES
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROGRAMS
PSYCHIATRY
SOCIAL WELL BEING
SPECIALISTS
SURGERY
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TREATMENT
TROPICAL MEDICINE
URBANIZATION
World Bank
Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances
geographic_facet Africa
Uganda
relation Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 67
description Traditional medicine refers to the ways that existed of protecting and restoring health before the arrival of modern medicine (World Health Organization - WHO 1996). It has also been defined as the sum total of all knowledge and practices used in the prevention, diagnosis, and elimination of physical, mental or social imbalances and which relies exclusively on practical experience and observation handed down from generation to generation, whether orally or in writing. It has bee debated whether the word traditional should be used at all, as it implies some degree of stagnancy or backwardness.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author World Bank
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title Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances
title_short Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances
title_full Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances
title_fullStr Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances
title_full_unstemmed Traditional Medicine in Uganda : Historical Perspective, Challenges and Advances
title_sort traditional medicine in uganda : historical perspective, challenges and advances
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
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