ABSTRACT Background: Traditional health practitioners (THPs) have been identified as a
key local resource in the fight against human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune …

The purpose of this study is to assess patients consulting full-time traditional health
practitioners (THPs) and the practice of THPs after they had been trained on Human …

Background South Africa introduced the world's largest antiretroviral treatment (ART)
program in 2004 and since 2016 the Department of Health implemented a universal …

Abstract Background Traditional health practitioners (THPs) play a vital role in the health
care of the majority of the South African population and elsewhere on the African continent …

Background. A large proportion of HIV-positive South Africans regularly consult traditional
health practitioners (THPs) for their health care needs, despite evidence of negative …

ABSTRACT The ANRS 12249 Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) cluster-randomized trial in
rural South Africa uses a “test and treat” approach. Home-based testing services and …

Traditional healers provide a substantial proportion of health care in resource-poor settings,
including countries with high burdens of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Traditional healers have …

Background In a context of inadequate human resources for health, this study investigated
whether traditional healers have the knowledge and skill base which could be utilised to …

Traditional healers provide healthcare to a substantial proportion of people living with HIV
infection (PLHIV) in high HIV burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the impact …

This review describes the available research literature involved with efforts at collaboration
between Traditional African Healers (TAHs) and biomedical practitioners in HIV/AIDS …