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.
MeSH Number(s)
E02.190.488.505
E02.190.901.433
I01.076.201.450.654.505
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicine, African Traditional" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Medicine, African Traditional" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicine, African Traditional" by people in Profiles.
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Towards a better understanding of attitudes and beliefs held by traditional healers and recipients of traditional medicine concerning mental health conditions in post-conflict Liberia: a qualitative investigation. Afr Health Sci. 2021 Sep; 21(3):1396-1409.
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Strengthening mental health services in Sierra Leone: perspectives from within the health system. Health Policy Plan. 2020 Jul 01; 35(6):657-664.
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Conceptual model for pluralistic healthcare behaviour: results from a qualitative study in southwestern Uganda. BMJ Open. 2020 04 20; 10(4):e033410.
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Toward a Historically Informed Analysis of Racial Health Disparities Since 1619. Am J Public Health. 2019 10; 109(10):1348-1349.
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Global & Community Health: The djina disease: On epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea. Neurology. 2019 04 09; 92(15):725-727.
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Epilepsy and traditional healers in the Republic of Guinea: A mixed methods study. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 03; 92:276-282.
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Use of traditional and alternative healers by psychiatric patients: A descriptive study in urban South Africa. Transcult Psychiatry. 2019 02; 56(1):146-166.
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Pan Afr Med J. 2018; 29:73.
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Barriers to safe abortion access: uterine rupture as complication of unsafe abortion in a Ugandan girl. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Oct 20; 2017.
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Mental Health Outcomes of Psychosocial Intervention Among Traditional Health Practitioner Depressed Patients in Kenya. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2017 Sep; 41(3):453-465.