Integrated Health Care Systems and Indigenous Medicine: Reflections from the Sub-Sahara African Region

Indigenous or traditional medicine has, since the 1970s, been widely regarded as a resource likely to contribute to strengthening the health care systems in low income countries. This paper examines the state of traditional medicine using evidence from three case studies in Central Kenya. While the...

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Main Author: Beth Maina Ahlberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2017.00012/full