Medicine, African Traditional
"Medicine, African Traditional" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers.
| Descriptor ID |
D016488
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190.488.505 E02.190.901.433 I01.076.201.450.654.505
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicine, African Traditional- Medicine, African Traditional
- Traditional Medicine, African
- Medicine, Traditional African
- Traditional African Medicine
- African Medicine, Traditional
- African Traditional Medicine
African Witch Doctor- African Witch Doctor
- African Witch Doctors
- Doctor, African Witch
- Doctors, African Witch
- Witch Doctors, African
- Witch Doctor, African
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicine, African Traditional" by people in Profiles.
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Perceptions of HIV and mental illness as "Western" or "Traditional" illnesses: a cross-sectional study from Limpopo Province, South Africa. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Nov 21; 24(1):404.
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Pathways to care among patients with mental illness at two psychiatric facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2023 Dec; 69(8):2059-2067.
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An unrecognized key population? Traditional treatment practices associated with HIV risk among traditional healers in rural South Africa. AIDS. 2020 12 01; 34(15):2313-2317.
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Throwing the bones to diagnose HIV: Views of rural South African traditional healers on undertaking HIV counselling and testing. AIDS Care. 2021 10; 33(10):1316-1320.
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Traditional healers use of personal protective equipment: a qualitative study in rural South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Jul 15; 20(1):655.
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Mixed methods inquiry into traditional healers' treatment of mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders in rural South Africa. PLoS One. 2017; 12(12):e0188433.
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Traditional healer treatment of HIV persists in the era of ART: a mixed methods study from rural South Africa. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2017 Aug 30; 17(1):434.
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The role of traditional health practitioners in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: generic or mode specific? BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 Aug 22; 16(1):304.
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Changing use of traditional healthcare amongst those dying of HIV related disease and TB in rural South Africa from 2003 - 2011: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2014 Dec 17; 14:504.
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Plants traditionally used individually and in combination to treat sexually transmitted infections in northern Maputaland, South Africa: antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity. J Ethnopharmacol. 2013 Oct 07; 149(3):656-67.