A nurse at the Apac hospital, Uganda, uses a
traditional healing method -- the sap from a plant to treat an Aids related
rash.
In a country where doctors are rare and not often
trusted, traditional medicine men are being tapped to fight AIDS and help get
their patients on ARV's by combining modern medicine with traditional ways.
Like many countries on the continent, Uganda has launched an ambitious
program to supply every stricken citizen with ARVs. But with only one doctor
for every 20,000 people, and far fewer in rural areas it's a major
challenge. However, for every 150 Ugandans there's a practicing medicine man
just a walk away. Now organizations are trying to use medicine men to teach
about prevention and ARVs. The stakes couldn't be higher. With so many sick
patients, and with the risk that misuse will spawn resistant strains,
promoters of ARVs in
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