Traditional medicine in Bulamogi county, Uganda: its practitioners, users and viability

Tabuti, John R. S.; Dhillion, Shivcharn S.; Lye, Kaare Arnstein

doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(02)00378-1

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“…Most (96.8%) of healers were ≥38 years and have extensive experience as about 90% of them have practiced for a period not less than 10 years. The result of this study is similar to that found in the Bulamogi county in Uganda where 85% of the healers were men aged 40 years or more (Tabuti et al, 2003). Women were also reported to have less traditional medicine knowledge than men around the Debre Libanos monastery in Ethiopia (Teklehaymanot et al, 2007).…”

Section: Socioeconomic Background Of Healers and Medicinal Plant Knowsupporting

confidence: 83%

Ethnopharmacological use of plants by Sisala traditional healers in northwest Ghana

Wodah¹,

Asase

2012

Pharmaceutical Biology

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Section: Socioeconomic Background Of Healers and Medicinal Plant Knowsupporting

confidence: 83%

Ethnopharmacological use of plants by Sisala traditional healers in northwest Ghana

Wodah¹,

Asase

2012

Pharmaceutical Biology

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“…Data were collected from eleven markets within the villages surrounding Mabira CFR. A native local language speaker was engaged as the Research Assistant during the data collection period (Tabuti, Dhillion, & Lye, 2003). The markets surveyed included: Nazigo, Busana, Rwankima, Kitigoma, Mukono, Kyerima, Nakifuma, Ntunda, Kyabazala, Lugazi and Najjembe all within a distance of 500m to 6Km from the forest reserve.…”

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Non-Timber Forest Products Trade and Community Livelihoods around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda

Tugume

Buyinza

Kakudidi

et al. 2016

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This paper generates data on the diversity and value of non-timber forest products (NTFP) traded in markets adjacent to Mabira Central forest reserve. The objective of the study was to evaluate the contribution of NTFP trade to the livelihoods of traders' households. Quarterly market surveys and field observations were conducted in eleven markets in 2014. All NTFP ISSN 2166-0379 2016 www.macrothink.org/jas 2 traders were interviewed using semi structured questionnaires. Simple profitability method was used to determine the profit margins of the traded products. The per capita value of NTFP traded was calculated and was highest for drums ($ 3,101) and lowest for winnowing trays ($3). All products had profit margins above 60%. Income generated from NTFP was used to cater for other essential needs like payment of school fees, medical treatment, buying food and other household items. NTFP trade has potential of improving the lives of traders through establishment of NTFP enterprises. In order for such enterprises to be successful traded forest products must be harvested sustainably to ensure consistent supply of the products. Multipurpose species like Markhamia lutea, Phoenix reclinata, Raphia farinefera and Calamus sp could be domesticated to minimize pressure on the forest. Journal of Agricultural Studies

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“…Reports from Kenya especially in the Coastal area of Mombasa indicate that twenty (20) adolescents are reported to have disappeared in the year 2012 in what police link to "ritual murder 1 of children" (Religious News Blog.Com, 2012). In Uganda, in almost all major news papers stories of child sacrifice have become a common theme.…”

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“…the traditional healers provide them with answers that are rooted in their socialization processes, cultural expectations and relationships with both the living and the "living dead" (Ibid). This is closely linked to the personalistic belief system which perceives misfortune and illness to be as a result of seen but more so unseen forces such as ancestors, spirits and enemies (also see Tabuti et al, 2003). Although misfortune and illness may have a physical immediate 11 This is embedded in the grounded theory…”

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Child Sacrifice: Myth or Reality?

Bukuluki

2014

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The paper makes an effort to define, contextualise and present cases of child sacrifice and some of its drivers. It argues that child mutilation and sacrifice is not a myth but rather an emerging unfortunate reality in some communities in Uganda and other parts of Africa. The paper also presents the historical overview, theoretical, policy and programming implications of the phenomenon of child mutilation and sacrifice.

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Traditional medicine in Bulamogi county, Uganda: its practitioners, users and viability

Cited by 127 publications

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Ethnopharmacological use of plants by Sisala traditional healers in northwest Ghana

Ethnopharmacological use of plants by Sisala traditional healers in northwest Ghana

Non-Timber Forest Products Trade and Community Livelihoods around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda

Child Sacrifice: Myth or Reality?

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