Traditional healers in Tanzania: the perception of malaria and its causes

Herbal medicines used in the treatment of malaria in Budiope county, Uganda

“…The community of Kinambogo had good knowledge about malaria and readily distinguished it from other fever types on the basis of widely accepted malaria signs and symptoms shown in Table 2 (Gessler et al, 1995b;Ahorlu et al, 1997;Purcell, 2004;Malaria Control Programme, 2005). Besides knowing what malaria was, the people also knew the factors which contributed to malaria prevalence.…”

Ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for the treatment of schistosomiasis in Niono District, Mali

“…The pre-testing permitted us to find out whether the questions are well understood and also to identify the words used in Bambara language for both urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis. This pilot study permitted us to reduce the possible misunderstanding between local conception of the disease and its bio-medical definition (Gessler et al, 1995;Vigneron et al, 2005). After the pre-testing, two words were found to be used in Bambara to designate urinary schistosomiasis sukunè/gnèguènè (urine) bleni (red) and damadialan meaning literally infection of the urinary tract.…”

Antimalarial remedies in French Guiana: A knowledge attitudes and practices study

“…People were also invited to speak freely on this topic. This preliminary approach ensured us to reduce possible misunderstanding between local conception of the disease and its bio-medical definition Espino et al, 1997;Gessler et al, 1995). (4) Characteristics of the last malaria crisis (if any) and diagnosis/treatment seeking attitudes.…”