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    Indigenous Approaches to the HIV/AIDS Scourge in Uganda

    "The management of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses using existing drugs is very costly especially for poor households. This study has focused on the role of traditional herbalists in the management and prevention of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses in Ugand...

    Sarah Nalugwa

    • Traditional Healers
    • Health Systems
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Councelling
    • AIDS (Disease)
    • HIV infections
    • Epidemics
    • Medical care
    44 pages

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    Indigenous Knowledge in Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Southwest Uganda

    "In a broad perspective, this study aimed at documenting ethnoveterinary knowledge and practices among the Kazo pastoral community of Uganda. More specifically, it focused on collecting and identifying the medicinal plant voucher specimens used by...

    E. Katunguka-Rwakishaya

    S. K. Nalule

    E. N. Sabiiti

    • Ethnoveterinary Medicine
    • Kazo Pastoral Community
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Traditional Medicinal Healers
    • Tropical medicine
    • Medical care--Research
    • Humanitarian assistance
    35 pages

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    Analysis of Traditional Healers in Lesotho: Implications on Intellectual Property Systems

    "Traditional healers in Lesotho and other African countries have since pre-historic times played a major role in primary health care, counseling and the rituals performed for different purposes in the society. Traditional healers in the past had t...

    Pitso Masupha

    Lefa Thamae

    Mofihli Phaqane

    • Traditional Healers
    • Intellectual Property
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Primary Health Care
    • Delivery of medical care
    • Natural resources
    47 pages

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    Traditional Healers and Their Provision of Mental Health Services in Cosmopolitan Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

    "Traditional healing has been practiced by many cultures in Kenya and for many years. It is an accepted mode of treatment in different cultures. Traditional healers are consulted even today and provide treatment to many people. Traditional medicin...

    David M. Ndetei

    Anne W. Mbwayo

    Victoria N. Mutiso

    Lincoln I. Khasakhala

    Paul M. Chege

    • Traditional Healers
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Mental Health Services
    • Informal Settlements
    • Delivery of medical care
    • Sustainable urban development
    29 pages

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    Assessment of Possible Intellectual Property Protection Options of Traditional Knowledge Systems in Ethiopia: Special Reference in Herbal Medicine for Livestock

    This research was initiated to exploit the traditional knowledge on traditional herbal medicine with special reference to livestock. Healing with Ethiopian traditional medicine is not only concerned with curing of diseases but also with the pro...

    Tibebu Solomon

    • Traditional Knowledge
    • Herbal Medicine
    • Livestock
    • Intellectual Property Protection
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Intellectual property
    • Environment--Health aspects
    64 pages

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    The Place of Policy in Applied Health Care and Technology with Special Reference to African Traditional Medicine

    "The author was assigned the task of addressing the role of policy in applied health technology with special reference to African traditional medicine. Perhaps what is intriguing in this theme is that despite the fact that African traditional med...

    Daniel Noni Lantum

    • Traditional Medicine
    • Technology
    • Health Needs
    • Medical policy
    • Medical care
    • Public health
    25 pages

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    Promotion of Public Health Care Using African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and and Implications for IPRs: Experiences From Southern and Eastern Africa

    "The challenge for African policy makers and researchers is to create the right environment for more research on the role of IKS in promoting public health care issues and sustainable development. They should take advantage of the forces of globa...

    Hassan O. Kaya

    • Indigenous Knowledge Systems
    • Food Security
    • Nutrition
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Public health
    • Delivery of medical care
    • Intellectual property
    29 pages

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    Analysis of Traditional Healers in Lesotho: Implications on Intellectual Property Systems

    Traditional healers in Lesotho and other African countries have since pre-historic times played a major role in primary health care, counseling and rituals performed for different purposes in the society. Traditional healers in the past had thei...

    Pitso Masupha

    Lefa Thamae

    Mofihli Phaqane

    • Traditional Healers
    • Intellectual Property Systems
    • Primary Health Care
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Intellectual property
    • Medical assistance
    42 pages

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    National Policies and Legal Frameworks Governing Traditional Knowledge and Effective Intellectual Property Systems in Southern and Eastern Africa: The Case of Traditional Healers in Tanzania

    "The study has explored the existing policy and legal frameworks and the community protection mechanisms of traditional knowledge in Tanzania. The major objective of the study was to build a body of knowledge in the area of protection of tradit...

    Georges S. Shemdoe

    Loy Mhando

    • Traditional Healers
    • Traditional Knowledge
    • Intellectual Property Systems
    • Medicinal Use of Plants
    • Traditional Medicine
    • Intellectual property
    • Law
    • Medical care
    42 pages

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    Policy Implications for Intellectual Property Systems for Traditional Healers in Lesotho

    Traditional Medicine is part of the daily life of the Basotho. Every village in ancient times had a traditional healer living near the chief's main house. Traditional healers are popular as they are affordable, accessible, adaptable and culturally...

    Pitso Masupha

    Lefa Thamae

    Mofihli Phaqane

    • Traditional Medicine
    • Traditional Healers
    • Medical care
    • Biodiversity
    • Intellectual property
    14 pages

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