Ancient remedies, new disease: involving traditional healers in increasing access to AIDS care and prevention in East Africa

Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
I. Introduction......Page 8
II. Traditional medicine and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa—history and terminology......Page 9
AIDS in Kenya......Page 11
Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya (WOFAK): objectives and activities......Page 12
Lessons learned from WOFAK......Page 17
Summary analysis of WOFAK......Page 18
WOFAK’s specific criteria/approach for traditional medicine/biomedicine collaboration......Page 19
Tanga AIDS Working Group (TAWG): objectives and activities......Page 20
Lessons learned from TAWG......Page 29
Summary analysis of TAWG......Page 30
TAWG’s specific criteria/approach for traditional medicine/ biomedicine collaboration......Page 31
AIDS in Uganda......Page 32
Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners together against AIDS (THETA): objectives and activities......Page 33
Lessons learned from THETA......Page 48
Summary analysis of THETA......Page 49
THETA’s specific criteria/approach for traditional medicine/ biomedicine collaboration......Page 50
VI . Conclusions and a call for action......Page 51
VII. References and further reading......Page 52