Traditional Medicine in Uganda

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The success transformed the project into</div> <div> an organisation working with traditional healers in HIV/</div> <div> AIDS education and counselling and improved clinical</div> <div> care. THETA is a mutually respectful collaboration</div> <div> between THs and conventional health practitioners in</div> <div> the fight against AIDS and other diseases.</div> <div> THETA’s Mission statement: Towards improved healthcare</div> <div> and health promotion through collaboration among</div> <div> traditional healers, bio-medical workers and communities.</div> <div> THETA is committed to promoting traditional medicine</div> <div> to complement modern healthcare services, and to</div> <div> utilising Traditional Healers as health educators and</div> <div> counsellors of Sexually Transmitted Infections</div> <div> (including HIV) and other diseases.</div> <bR> <div> THETA’s Philosophy</div> <div> THETA recognises that Traditional Healers are a vital</div> <div> resource in community health care services in Uganda</div> <div> for many reasons. Firstly, as care providers they vastly</div> <div> out-number modern doctors in Uganda (as in many</div> <div> other African countries). Secondly, as an indigenous</div> <div> resource deeply rooted in culture, they take a holistic</div> <div> approach and command a unique knowledge and</div> <div> respect to influence health improvement behaviour.</div> <div> Thirdly, their work and additional responsibilities are</div> <div> self-sustaining.</div> <div> Furthermore THETA recognises that herbs or medicinal</div> <div> plants are potentially an effective and affordable</div> <div> alternative for the treatment of many diseases including</div> <div> those which occur under immuno-suppression.</div> <div> According to this philosophy, THETA fosters</div> <div> collaboration between Conventional Health</div> <div> Practitioners and Traditional Healers in health care</div> <div> provision and in research, documentation and</div> <div> dissemination.</div> <bR> <div> Present Activities</div> <div> 1. Training traditional healers as community</div> <div> counsellors and educators on sexually transmitted</div> <div> infections (including HIV), as well as training for</div> <div> other organisations targeting traditional healers</div> <div> country-wide.</div> <div> 2. Training traditional healers in basic clinical diagnosis</div> <div> and supporting their efforts to provide quality health</div> <div> services.</div> <div> 3. Generating information through documentation and</div> <div> research about herbal medicine.</div> <div> 4. Establishing and managing a resource and training</div> <div> centre to facilitate collection and dissemination of</div> <div> information on traditional medicine.</div> <div> 5. Advocating for traditional medicine among health</div> <div> professionals and other scientists.</div> <div> Future Plans</div> <div> In the next five years, THETA will be developing in 4</div> <div> directions:</div> <div> · strengthening its training capacity and expanding</div> <div> the training programme to more districts in Uganda</div> <div> · collaborating with healers to develop alternatives</div> <div> for the treatment of opportunistic infections, and</div> <div> making them readily available</div> <div> · expanding community-based support through</div> <div> membership registration</div> <div> · promoting acceptance of traditional medicine</div> <div> among the bio-medical sector and continually</div> <div> sharing experience and disseminating successful</div> <div> approaches.</div> <bR> <div> You can email the organisation at msftheta@imul.com</div> <div> or “snail mail” them (by ordinary mail) at Box 21175,</div> <div> Kampala, Uganda.</div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  Subscribe to The Botanical Source free newsletter:<br><br> <form action="http://freeautobot.com/cgi-bin/autores/autores.cgi" target="_blank"> <input type=hidden name="do" value="add_lead_external"> <input type=hidden name="Username" value="botanical"> <input type=hidden name="Stop_Status" value="Active"> <input type=hidden name="Cycle_Number" value="0"> <input type=hidden name="Success_URL" value="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/id310.htm"> <input type=hidden name="Failure_URL" value="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/id309.htm"> <input type=hidden name="Notes" value="Added from opt-in form"> Email : <input type=text name="Email" value=""><br> <input type=submit value="Submit"> </form>   </B></div> <div> <B>[ Opens a new window. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Privacy Policy</U></B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> :</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700a000000000.png" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">We do not publish or share your email address with anyone.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Botanical Source"><U><B>Return to Herbal Products.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles about African indigenous healin"><U><B>Return to Articles.</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>