World Health Organization : Year 1985-86, Nur, Traditional Medicine 85.1: Report of the Consultation on Approaches for Policy Development for Traditional Health Practitioners, Including Traditional Birth Attendants

By Sllva Bomfim

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1985-86, Nur, Traditional Medicine 85.1: Report of the Consultation on Approaches for Policy Development for Traditional Health Practitioners, Including Traditional Birth Attendants
Author:	Sllva Bomfim
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background ot the Consultat~on * Tradlt~onal health practitioners, including trad~tzonal birth actendants, have looked after the health of Cheit cornunities for generations, and will undoubtedly contlnue to do so for many years to come, given the scarc~ty oi modern health care personnel and other geographical, cultural, social, and economlc iactors that have both a direct and indirect bearing on the qual~ty and avaalabklrty of health care servlcea. The majorley ot developing countries reallze that tradltmnal practltloners represent a v~tal end relatively untapped source oi health mampower, whlch must be sensitively utilized in national eiiorts to meet the basic health needs oi populations. Indeed, lt 1s now almost universally acknowledged that unless the trad~t~onahle alth practltloners are properly recognixed, and artaculAted wlth the national health system to implement strateg~es to achxeve hedlth tor all by the year 2000, countries wlll never be able to achxeve adequate health coverage for all their populatlona.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Background of the Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Objectives of the Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 Organization of the Consultation . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . Proceedings of the Consultation . 2.1 Participanta. election of officer. s.. an.d .ag.end.a .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 2.2 Opening of Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . Summary of discussions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3.1 Idenfification of traditional health practitioners . . . . 3 3.2 Current situation on the utilization of traditional health practitioners in national primary health care programmes .. 4 3.3 Current policy and legislation governing the utilization of traditional health practitioners . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.4 Approachea for developing effective policies to improve the collaboration and involvement of traditional health practitioners in primary health care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (1.1 Identification and maintenance of a list of traditional health practitioners . . . . . . . . (2.) Review of existing laws and policiea . . . . . . ( 3 . ) Associations of traditional health practitioners .. ( 4 . ) Education and information . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 5 . ) Uucation and training of traditional health practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 6 . ) Learning fromexperimental projects . . . . . . . . ( 7 . ) Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.) Financial support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annex 1 . Explanatory notes on terms used . . . . . . . . . . Annex 2 . Llst of participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annex 3 . Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annex 4 . Guide for the preparation of country case studies on policy development for traditional health practitioners including traditional birth attendants . . . . . . . . . .