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Aids and STDs in Africa: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Healing and Modern Medicine

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Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes, -- 1 The Intriguing Epidemiology of AIDS in Africa -- STDs and HIV Infection -- Impacting STD Incidence -- STDs: The Domain of Traditional African Medicine -- Notes -- 2 Issues in the Development of Collaborative Programs -- African Healers -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems -- The Policy Background of Collaborative Programs -- The Emergence and Reemergence of Collaborative Programs -- Constraints to Collaborative Programs -- An Outline of the Continuing Policy Debate -- Should Healers Be Salaried by African Governments? -- The Question of Medicinal Plants -- Notes -- 3 Preliminary Research in Swaziland -- Background -- A National Survey and Census of Healers -- Illness and Treatment in a Pluralistic Setting -- Swaziland's First Collaborative Program -- Indigenous STDs in Swaziland -- Summary of Findings and Prospects for Referrals of STD Cases -- Case History of Gcunsula -- A Framework for Analysis -- Use of Antibiotics and Other Recent Trends -- Note on AIDS and Condoms -- Swazi Attitudes Toward Contraceptives -- The Traditional Healers Organization and Condoms -- Notes -- 4 STDs and AIDS in Liberia -- Background to Study -- Research Methods -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- AIDS -- Prevention of STDs and AIDS -- Sexual Behavior -- Discussion of Liberian Findings -- Condom Promotion and Its Problems -- Spermicides -- Addressing Risky Behavior -- STD Therapies and Therapy-Seeking Behavior -- Liberia in the Future -- Notes -- 5 STDs and AIDS in Mozambique -- Background on Mozambique -- The Genesis of a Policy and a Program -- The Issue of Village Health Workers -- National Policy and Pilot Project in Manica Province -- Profiles of Locally Recognized STDs -- Discussion and Analysis of Findings -- AIDS -- Note on Sorcery.