Experience of initiating collaboration of traditional healers in managing

Authors: Kayombo EJ, Uiso FC, Mbwambo ZH, Mahunnah RL, Moshi MJ, Mgonda YH.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2007; 3: 6. published online before print January 26,
2007
PMCID: 1797004
Description: Collaboration between traditional healers and biomedical practitioners is now being accepted by
many African countries south of the Sahara because of the increasing problem of HIV/AIDS. The key problem, however, is how to initiate collaboration between two health systems which differ in theory of disease causation and management. This paper presents findings on experience learned by initiation of collaboration between traditional healers and the Institute of Traditional Medicine in Arusha and Dar-es-Salaam Municipalities, Tanzania .Fulltext