Traditional Healers and Health Care Delivery in Tanzania

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
E N Mshiu ◽  
S C Chhabra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Traditional Healers

scholarly journals Policy makers’ perceptions and attitudes regarding incorporation of traditional healers into the national health care delivery system

Curationis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
MG Pinkoane
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
National Health ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Delivery System ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
National Health Care ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes

Based on mixed perceptions which were both negative and positive the policy makers have not been vocal about the process to incorporate traditional healers into the National Health Care Delivery System of South Africa. Negative views were related to the denial that traditional healing does provide a cure and the positive views were identified in the passing of policies from 1994. These policies passed initiated recognition of the existence of traditional healers, but failed to address the important aspect of incorporating the traditional healers into the National Health Care Delivery System. It is these mixed perceptions as well as lack of appropriate policy to facilitate incorporation of traditional healers that urged the researcher to explore the perceptions and attitudes of policy makers regarding this incorporation process, as well as their views on how it should be achieved.

scholarly journals Traditional and modern medicine working in tandem

Curationis ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Treatment Context ◽  
The Many

Because of the many problem relating to health care delivery in Africa, it is becoming apparent that neither the exclusive/monopolistic nor the tolerant legislative systems should be tolerated any longer. Especially since the Alma Ata Conference held by the WHO/UNICEF there has been growing impetus towards either inclusive/parallel (the beneficial co-existence of traditional and modern medical systems), or integrated systems. Although the idea of making traditional and modern medicine work in tandem in a united treatment context has its merits, it is also plagued by issues such as the nature of the products of an integrated training, resistance by stubborn protagonists of either of the two systems, or that only lip-service is paid to the idea of co-operation. Nevertheless, it is believed that all interest groups - the authorities responsible for health care delivery, the Western-trained health care workers, the traditional healers and the users of these services - stand to gain from such liaison.

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