Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet
This report deals with primary health care providers in Africa. Today healers in Africa still play crucial roles they carry the burden of care for treating people with HIV/AIDS. Plants have been used as primary sources of medicine for thousands of...
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okr-10986-107872021-06-14T10:57:23Z Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet Scheinman, David AILMENTS AVERAGE AGE BREAST CANCER CARE PROVIDERS COUNSELING DOCTORS DRUGS FAMILIES HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOME CARE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFECTIONS LEUKEMIA MALARIA MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDICINES MIDWIVES MODERN MEDICINE NARS NGOS ORAL THRUSH PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS PESTS PHYSICIANS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PSYCHIATRISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WORKERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY RURAL HEALTH MEDICAL CARE TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE MEDICINAL PLANTS This report deals with primary health care providers in Africa. Today healers in Africa still play crucial roles they carry the burden of care for treating people with HIV/AIDS. Plants have been used as primary sources of medicine for thousands of years. This report indicates that plants have medicinal qualities due to the substances they produce to protect themselves from insect pests and pathogens. Many medicines are extracted from the roots, root bark, and bark of plants that provide a line of defense against an invader. In Tanzania, many more people receive health care from healers than from conventional health workers. In rural areas, medicine is much less available that in towns. Healers in Tanga are mostly herbalists, diviners, mediums, surgeons, midwives, and traditional psychiatrists. Healers are accessible, affordable, and usually have credibility. Tanga has received international recognition for its innovative work with traditional healers, and has received support from Oxfam, the World Bank, and USAID. 2012-08-13T13:07:23Z 2012-08-13T13:07:23Z 2002-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2083433/traditional-medicine-tanga-today-ancient-modern-worlds-meet http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10787 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 51 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Tanzania |
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AILMENTS AVERAGE AGE BREAST CANCER CARE PROVIDERS COUNSELING DOCTORS DRUGS FAMILIES HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOME CARE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFECTIONS LEUKEMIA MALARIA MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDICINES MIDWIVES MODERN MEDICINE NARS NGOS ORAL THRUSH PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS PESTS PHYSICIANS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PSYCHIATRISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WORKERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY RURAL HEALTH MEDICAL CARE TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE MEDICINAL PLANTS |
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AILMENTS AVERAGE AGE BREAST CANCER CARE PROVIDERS COUNSELING DOCTORS DRUGS FAMILIES HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOME CARE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFECTIONS LEUKEMIA MALARIA MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICINAL PLANTS MEDICINES MIDWIVES MODERN MEDICINE NARS NGOS ORAL THRUSH PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS PESTS PHYSICIANS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PSYCHIATRISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WORKERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY RURAL HEALTH MEDICAL CARE TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE MEDICINAL PLANTS Scheinman, David Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet |
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This report deals with primary health
care providers in Africa. Today healers in Africa still play
crucial roles they carry the burden of care for treating
people with HIV/AIDS. Plants have been used as primary
sources of medicine for thousands of years. This report
indicates that plants have medicinal qualities due to the
substances they produce to protect themselves from insect
pests and pathogens. Many medicines are extracted from the
roots, root bark, and bark of plants that provide a line of
defense against an invader. In Tanzania, many more people
receive health care from healers than from conventional
health workers. In rural areas, medicine is much less
available that in towns. Healers in Tanga are mostly
herbalists, diviners, mediums, surgeons, midwives, and
traditional psychiatrists. Healers are accessible,
affordable, and usually have credibility. Tanga has received
international recognition for its innovative work with
traditional healers, and has received support from Oxfam,
the World Bank, and USAID. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Scheinman, David |
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Scheinman, David |
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Scheinman, David |
| title |
Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet |
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Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet |
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Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet |
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Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet |
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Traditional Medicine in Tanga Today : The Ancient and Modern Worlds Meet |
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traditional medicine in tanga today : the ancient and modern worlds meet |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2083433/traditional-medicine-tanga-today-ancient-modern-worlds-meet http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10787 |
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