A dialogue-building pilot intervention involving traditional and biomedical health providers focusing on STIs and HIV/AIDS care in Zambia

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-126

  Kaboru, Berthollet Bwira ^a   Ndubani, Phillimon ^b   Falkenberg, Torkel ^a   Pharris, Anastasia ^a   Muchimba, Maureen ^b   Solo, Kashita ^c   Höjer, Bengt ^a,d   Faxelid, Elisabeth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c Traditional Health Practitioners Association of Zambia   (Zambia)

^d DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Dialogue; HIV AIDS; Intervention; STI; Traditional medicine; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950953576     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210108316145     Document Type: Article

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