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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
2009 Utilization and practice of traditional/complementary/alternative medicine (TM/CAM) in South Africa
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of published and unpublished research investigating the prevalence of traditional, ...
2009 Use of traditional and complementary health practices in prenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the context of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child (PMTCT) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
The aim of this study was as part of a baseline assessment in PMTCT in the traditional health sector: a) to determine the views of women who...
2009 Healing: the fever abates in South Africa
Surveys on the use and practice of traditional/complementary/alternative medicine over the past decade suggest that, although traditional me...
Download this report2009 Traditional health practitioners in South Africa
This article discusses the inclusion of traditional care into the national health-care system by a traditional medicine directorate within t...