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Mufuta Tshimanga - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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  • traditional healers in zambia and their care for patients with urethral Vaginal Discharge
    Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2001
    Co-Authors: Jane Ndulo, Elisabeth Faxelid, Ingela Krantz
    Abstract:

    Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the knowledge and practices of traditional healers in relation to the management of patients with urethral/Vaginal Discharge. Subjects and method: Eighty (80) traditional healers, 54 from an urban and 26 from a rural setting in Zambia, who attend to patients with urethral/Vaginal Discharge, were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire. Result: All of the traditional healers had knowledge of urethral/Vaginal Discharge being a symptom of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and that individuals get the infection through sexual relations with infected persons. The healers were all able to cite other symptoms associated with urethral/Vaginal Discharge. The treatment the healers used was mostly herbal preparations in the form of roots or powders administered orally to induce diarrhea, vomiting, and diuresis. Patients were not allowed to combine traditional and biomedical therapies. Almost half of the healers did apply some biomedical practices in the ma...

  • Traditional healers in Zambia and their care for patients with urethral/Vaginal Discharge.
    The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2001
    Co-Authors: Jane Ndulo, Elisabeth Faxelid, Ingela Krantz
    Abstract:

    Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the knowledge and practices of traditional healers in relation to the management of patients with urethral/Vaginal Discharge. Subjects and method: Eighty (80) traditional healers, 54 from an urban and 26 from a rural setting in Zambia, who attend to patients with urethral/Vaginal Discharge, were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire. Result: All of the traditional healers had knowledge of urethral/Vaginal Discharge being a symptom of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and that individuals get the infection through sexual relations with infected persons. The healers were all able to cite other symptoms associated with urethral/Vaginal Discharge. The treatment the healers used was mostly herbal preparations in the form of roots or powders administered orally to induce diarrhea, vomiting, and diuresis. Patients were not allowed to combine traditional and biomedical therapies. Almost half of the healers did apply some biomedical practices in the ma...

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