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New Vision (Kampala) - September 23, 2002
Charles Wendo
The training that lasts 18 months gives the healers basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS, how to counsel HIV positive people, and to refer cases that have defeated them, said Dr. Dorothy Balaba, project coordinator of THETA.
THETA, an NGO that promotes collaboration between traditional healers and modern medical practitioners, has also taught the healers about hygienic ways to prepare, package and store their drugs as well as cultivating medicinal plants.
Balaba said they had mobilised another 1,000 traditional healers to work with modern doctors rather than compete.
Their drugs have been tested medically and some of them have proved effective in controlling HIV-related ailments such as herpes zoster (kisipi) and persistent diarrhoea.
Now THETA wants traditional medicine included in modern medical training and medical schools to teach students how to work with healers.
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