AIDS and STDs in Africa : bridging the gap between traditional healing and modern medicine
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AIDS and STDs in Africa : bridging the gap between traditional healing and modern medicine
Westview Press, 1994
- : S.Africa
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index
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ISBN 9780813378473
Description
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) facilitate the transmission of AIDS - and with much of Africa in the grip of this killer virus, anything which can be done to contain the epidemic must be done. Edward Green goes to the heart of African life and culture to find an effective approach to Africa's biggest health threat. He argues that biomedical practitioners should work together with traditional healers. Drawing on research in southern, East and West Africa, Green examines the role of traditional healers in providing health care and collaborative AIDS/STDS and family programmes in AIDS prevention.
Table of Contents
- The intriguing epidemiology of AIDS in Africa
- issues in the development of collaborative programmes
- preliminary research in Swaziland
- STDs and AIDS in Liberia
- STDs and AIDS in Mozambique
- the relevance of family-planning programmes
- developing roles for South African traditional healers in HIV/AIDS prevention and management
- evaluation of the "second generation" of South African traditional healers trained in HIV/AIDS prevention.
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: S.Africa ISBN 9780869809037
Description
Since sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) facilitate the transmission of AIDS and since, in Africa, most STD cases are brought to traditional healers, this text argues that biomedical practitioners must work together with healers to help contain the spread of AIDS. Drawing upon research in southern Africa, as well as East, and West Africa, the author examines the role of traditional healers in providing health care and collaborative AIDS/STD and family-planning programmes in AIDS prevention.
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