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Analysis Of Traditional Medicine In Zanzibar, Tanzania, Jessica Baylor
Analysis Of Traditional Medicine In Zanzibar, Tanzania, Jessica Baylor
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Traditional medicine is used as a major source of health care in developing countries. A small island off the coast of Tanzania, Zanzibar has traditional medicine embedded in its culture. Informal interviews of community members and healers in four different villages as well as interviews with the Department of Forestry and the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Unit were conducted over a four week study. This study found that community members of four villages in Zanzibar supported the idea of a regulation of traditional medicine by the government. It also found that the majority of traditional medicine users have noticed a …