Collaboration with Traditional Healers in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa - A literature review (UNAIDS, 2000, 64 p.): Additional criteria for collaborative projects: (introduction...)

Collaboration with Traditional Healers in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa - A literature review (UNAIDS, 2000, 64 p.)

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

AIDS and traditional medicine in Africa

Background

The role of traditional medicine

Health policy and traditional medicine in sub-Saharan Africa

Selected examples of collaboration in HIV/AIDS prevention and care

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Botswana

Central African Republic

Guinea

Malawi

Mozambique

South Africa

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania

Zambia

Conclusions

Selected projects reviewed according to UNAIDS Best Practice criteria

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Effectiveness

Ethical soundness

Efficiency

Sustainability

Relevance

Additional criteria for collaborative projects

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Criteria for selecting 'genuine' or 'authentic' healers

Approach used to establish trust with traditional healers

Lessons learned

Training methods

Collaboration

Project design and implementation

Further research and action

Annexes

Questionnaire given to project leaders to determine Best Practices

Table 1: Summary of documented examples of collaboration in sub-Saharan Africa (1987-1999)

Table 2: Review of examples of collaboration according to UNAIDS Best Practice criteria

Table 3: Specific criteria/approach for collaboration

Table 4: Efficiency calculations for THETA Uganda

References and further reading

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In addition to the UNAIDS Best Practice criteria, which are general criteria used to assess a wide variety of AIDS-related projects, the following are considerations which apply specifically to collaborative projects between traditional medicine and biomedicine. (For a summary, see Table 3 at the end of the review.)