UVULECTOMY AND OTHER TRADITIONAL HEALING PRACTICES: TRADITIONAL HEALERS‘ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES IN A CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMP IN TANZANIA

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• Little is studied about traditional healers‘ perceptions toward and practice of uvulectomy, which is known as a traditional surgical practice mainly in Africa and which sometimes results in severe complications. This study aimed to clarify the perceptions toward and practice of uvulectomy and the other traditional healing practices of traditional healers in a Congolese refugee camp in Tanzania. Interviews were conducted with 149 traditional healers, comprised of 59 registered, 68 non-registered and 22 faith healers. A total of 1.7% of the registered healers and 8.8% of the non-registered healers had ever conducted uvulectomy on children (a median of 2 months to a median of 3 years of age) and had received cash or domestic fowls equivalent to US$1-3 per operation. Although over 80% of the respondents believed traditional treatments to be more effective than modern medicine, less than 20% considered uvulectomy beneficial and in fact about 40% considered it to be harmful. The respondents raised cough, vomiting, appetite loss and other symptoms as an indication for uvulectomy, and death, bleeding, throat pain and other symptoms as harmful effects associated with uvulectomy. In this camp, the healers also performed other surgical procedures, such as male and female circumcision, tattoos and scarification. In conclusion, only a limited number of the traditional healers believed that uvulectomy is beneficial and performed it on infants and young children, and these were mainly non-registered healers who had relatively little collaboration with modern health professionals. In refugee settings where modern health professionals might not be familiar with traditional healing, it is considered crucial to assess the risks of ongoing traditional practices and to strive to achieve more strategic communication between modern and traditional health providers.

• 日本熱帯医学会,The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicineの論文
• 2006-12-01

著者

• Kunii Osamu

  Institute Of Tropical Medicine Nagasaki University

• TANAKA YASUO

  Department of Livestock Industry Environment, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science

• LEWIS ALYSON

  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• WAKAI SUSUMU

  Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

• Wakai Susumu

  Department Of International Community Health Graduate School Of Medicine The University Of Tokyo

• Tanaka Yasuo

  Department Of Gastroenterology Graduate School Of Medicine The University Of Tokyo

• Tanaka Yasuo

  Department Of International Community Health Graduate School Of Medicine The University Of Tokyo

• Tanaka Yasuo

  Department Of Chemistry Faculty Of Engineering Kyusyu Institute Of Technology

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