In 1957, Ghana became the first African nation to achieve independence from its colonial ruler. But since then Ghana has suffered mixed political and econo... R Horton - 《Lancet》 被引量: 103发表: 2001年 Use of traditional healers and modern medicine in Ghana Purpose: To gain understanding...
Traditional medicine and medical practitioners remain important because of the dearth of public facilities and the tendency for Ghanaians to patronize indigenous and modern systems simultaneously. Customary treatments for disease focus equally on supernatural causes, the psychosociological environment, and medi...
Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo: A History of Health Care Delivery in Rural Ghana, ca. 1925 to 1980doi:10.1080/00083968.2019.1627039Eric KesseCanadian Journal of African Studies
The country's religions are Roman Catholic, Protestant, and traditional Mayan. Sixty percent of the population speaks Spanish; the remaining 40 percent speak Amerindian languages. Guatemala City is the nation's capital, and the flag consists of three vertical bands. In the middle of two light ...
In the Danfa Project area of rural Ghana a survey of the characteristics, attitudes, and practices of traditional birth attendants was conducted. In 1973, ... DD Nicholas,DA Ampofo,S Ofosu-Amaah,... - 《Bulletin of the World Health Organization》 被引量: 17发表: 1976年 Implementation of...
3. Traditional medicinal uses A number of medicinal uses have been reported across the globe ranging from the use of leaves, bark, roots, fruits to seeds of A. muricata [7]. The most widely used preparation in traditional medicine is the decoction of bark, root, seed or leaf but applicati...
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The conclusion that the bones of men executed held mystical powers and of value to practitioners of traditional African “Muti” medicine. The Australian government sponsored a nice new slab for the grave in the knowledge that neither Morant or Hancock are in it.1 On the Observation Post’s ...
and suddenly ophthalmology was created and became a mainstream medical activity.17 After the invention of the ophthalmoscope by von Helmholtz (1821–1894) in 1850, physicians started to examine the eye in even greater detail, and the ophthalmoscope became as much a tool of medicine as the stethos...
For a long time, the MPLA government regarded the continuing importance of traditional leaders in local political life with suspicion, while in UNITA the role of chiefs in political life was more widely accepted. Street vendors at a market area in Luanda. Small market trade is very important ...