Traditional and Modern Medicine in the Context of Globalization

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE;    ANATOMY;    COLLABORATION;    COMMUNITY HEALTH;    DEONTOLOGY;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

During the workshop organized bytraditional healers at the XIIIth International HIV/AIDSConference in Durban, South Africa in July 2000, the issueof the legal recognition and the legal status of thisancestral form of healing was once again discussed. Thehealers underlined the important role that they play in thepreservation and rehabilitation of their fellowcitizens' health, with at least 75 percent of theAfrican population using their services.