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Research outputs: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
2010 Evaluation of a safer male circumcision training programme for Ndebele traditional surgeons and nurses in Gauteng, South Africa: using direct observation of circumcision procedures
The aim of this study was to assess the safety of traditional male circumcision practices among Ndebele traditional surgeons following a fiv...
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The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of published and unpublished research investigating the prevalence of traditional, ...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...
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