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Ghanaian national policy toward indigenous healers : The case of the Primary Health Training for Indigenous Healers (PRHETIH) program

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  • Warren, D. M.
  • Steven Bova, G.
  • Tregoning, Mary Ann
  • Kliewer, Mark

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We review the policy of the Ghanaian Ministry of Health towards indigenous healers, and estimate their potential and actual utilization in the national health delivery system. We then describe the program to give primary health training to indigenous healers. The program established relations with the regional offices and central headquarters of the Ministry of Health, The Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healers Association and various categories of indigenous healers. We describe our strategies to coordinate the program with Ministry of Health Units and different categories of indigenous healers (mainly TBAs, herbalists and priest/priestess healers) in Techiman District. We analyze the socio-cultural, economic and politico-administrative forces impinging on the design and implementation of the program to recommend ways that this kind of program can be developed in other localities within and outside Ghana.

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  • Warren, D. M. & Steven Bova, G. & Tregoning, Mary Ann & Kliewer, Mark, 1982. "Ghanaian national policy toward indigenous healers : The case of the Primary Health Training for Indigenous Healers (PRHETIH) program," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 16(21), pages 1873-1881, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:16:y:1982:i:21:p:1873-1881
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    1. May Sudhinaraset & Matthew Ingram & Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse & Dominic Montagu, 2013. "What Is the Role of Informal Healthcare Providers in Developing Countries? A Systematic Review," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(2), pages 1-12, February.

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