Indigenous Knowledge and HIV/AIDS : Ghana and Zambia

Indigenous Knowledge and HIV/AIDS : Ghana and Zambia

The note reviews the cultural role of traditional healers in communities in Ghana, and Zambia, as one of the best hopes for treating, and stemming the spread of AIDS. However, healers rely on medicinal plants which have significantly decreased, as...

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Main Author: Naur, Maja
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE
AIDS EPIDEMIC
BABIES
BI
CULTURAL NORMS
DOCTORS
EDUCATORS
FAMILIES
GENDER
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HOSPITALS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUNGER
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INFERTILITY
LEARNING
MEDICINAL PLANTS
MEDICINES
MODERN MEDICINE
MOTHERS
NGOS
NUTRITION
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
RADIO
RADIO PROGRAMS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
SEXUALITY
TOXICOLOGY
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
TRAINING MATERIALS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
HIV VIRUSES
DEFORESTATION
LAND DEGRADATION
DESERTIFICATION
CULTURAL HERITAGE
HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
POVERTY GAP
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
GENDER ISSUES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047449/indigenous-knowledge-hivaids-ghana-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10808

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047449/indigenous-knowledge-hivaids-ghana-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10808

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