Utilization of traditional medicine and its integration into the healthcare system in Qokolweni, South Africa; prospects for enhanced universal health coverage

Mutola, Sianga; Pemunta, Ngambouk Vitalis; Ngo, Ngo Valery

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101386

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“…In addition, numerous studies on HIV have been done and have been conducted around the world, and reviews on CHM seldom provide a definite conclusion although most trials report a positive result. 34 , 40 , 41 The current studies supported that more high-quality trials on CHM for HIV/AIDS were needed.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Recently, though a huge number of trials of CHM for HIV/AIDS have been conducted, and more people choosing CHM as their therapy, the evidence was still too little to support a high-confidence conclusion. 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 Some reviews focused on complications of HIV/AIDS, including oral mucosa lesions, and depression, 38 , 39 which showed CHM may have advantages in improving the symptoms of patients with HIV/AIDS. But the evidence was limited, so they had low confidence in the results.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Chinese herbal medicine for drug-induced liver injury in patients with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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Li²,

Hou³

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Integrative Medicine Research

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

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confidence: 99%

Chinese herbal medicine for drug-induced liver injury in patients with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Zhang¹,

Li²,

Hou³

et al. 2023

Integrative Medicine Research

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“…This had been the call by the World Health Organization (WHO) since the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978. The declaration intended to make healthcare available to the poor, thereby strengthening the idea of considering all alternatives such as traditional medicine to ensure that healthcare is accessed by all (Mutola, Pemunta & Ngo 2021). In this case, the TPCA made it a requirement that all traditional health practitioners be registered in order for their activities to be regulated.…”

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19, gender and health: Recentring women in African indigenous health discourses in Zimbabwe for environmental conservation

Manyonganise

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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becoming extinct if the harvesting is done haphazardly. Therefore, the intention of this article is to examine the intersections of gender and health in the COVID-19 context. The article seeks to establish the role that was and continues to be played by women in the utilisation of AIM within the context of COVID-19. The focus of the paper is on finding out the ways in which women are safeguarding plants and trees whose leaves, roots and barks are envisioned as effective in preventing infection as well as curing the disease. Data were gathered through informal interviews. Theoretically, the article makes use of gender and Afrocentricity as theories informing the study. Contribution:The article highlights the need for placing women at the centre of both health and environmental discourses for sustainable development. It argues for the recentring of women in Earth discourses. Hence, its contribution is in retrieving women's voices in health and Earth discourses in Zimbabwe for sustainable development to be achieved.

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“…One of the most pressing challenges suffocating indigenous African cultural medicinal practices has to do with secrecy and documentation (Mutola et al, 2021; Ozioma, 2019); Also, for fear that their sacred information may be “stolen” by “strangers,” sacred traditions and practices are passed down from generation to generation and to close kindred, secretly. African herbalist within our respective cultures are guided by some line of healers, and by the sacred words of their ancestors.…”

Section: The Challenges Of African Herbal and Spiritual Healingmentioning

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Indigenizing, and Developing Africa: The Role of Indigenous Cultural Norms and Values

Aketema,

Ladzepko

2023

Journal of Black Studies

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The determinants of development of nation states are mostly skewed toward political serenity, abundance of natural resources, and the intellectual and managerial prowess of the human resource. However, the culture of a people and their values are very significant in the development of nation states even if they are yet to be nationalized in the polities of the African state. This article presents the empirical data that was obtained through interviews with traditional healers and herbalists within the Kasena-Nankana Municipality of Navrongo, and the Volta region, using the qualitative research method and a purposive sampling technique in order to explore the link between culture and development with particular focus in preserving and sustaining some natural resources such as fauna and flora species. It offers the emic insights of traditional healers and herbalists on how the increasing threat to cultural institutions affects the use of traditional medicine in Africa in general, and the aforementioned region in particular.

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Utilization of traditional medicine and its integration into the healthcare system in Qokolweni, South Africa; prospects for enhanced universal health coverage

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Chinese herbal medicine for drug-induced liver injury in patients with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Chinese herbal medicine for drug-induced liver injury in patients with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

COVID-19, gender and health: Recentring women in African indigenous health discourses in Zimbabwe for environmental conservation

Indigenizing, and Developing Africa: The Role of Indigenous Cultural Norms and Values

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