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Sociocultural Barriers and Malaria Health Care in Tanzania

Stephen E. D. Nsimba

Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences, nsimbastephen{at}yahoo.co.uk or snsimba{at}muhas.ac.tz.

Edmund J. Kayombo

Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences

In Tanzania, since the time of its ancestors, cultural beliefs have existed which influence the treatment and management of diseases. This article focuses on malaria as a current major cause of morbidity and mortality in Tanzania. Patients and caretakers have tended to rely on traditional sociocultural practices as a means of treating the convulsions associated with severe malaria in children and often do not seek care at health facilities, therefore, delaying prompt management of the disease.

Key Words: traditional medicine • malaria • Tanzania • primary health care

This version was published on September 1, 2008

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 31, No. 3, 318-322 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0163278708320164
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