Warren D M, Bova G S, Tregoning M A, Kliewer M
Soc Sci Med. 1982;16(21):1873-81. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(82)90448-8.
We review the policy of the Ghanaian Ministry of Health towards indigenous healers, and estimate their potential and actual utilization in the national health delivery system. We then describe the program to give primary health training to indigenous healers. The program established relations with the regional offices and central headquarters of the Ministry of Health. The Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healers Association and various categories of indigenous healers. We describe our strategies to coordinate the program with Ministry of Health Units and different categories of indigenous healers (mainly TBAs, herbalists and priest/priestess healers) in Techiman District. We analyze the socio-cultural, economic and politico-administrative forces impinging on the design and implementation of the program to recommend ways that this kind of program can be developed in other localities within and outside Ghana.
我们回顾了加纳卫生部针对本土治疗师的政策，并评估了他们在国家卫生服务体系中的潜在及实际利用率。然后，我们描述了为本土治疗师提供初级卫生培训的项目。该项目与卫生部的地区办公室和中央总部、植物医学科学研究中心、加纳灵媒与传统治疗师协会以及各类本土治疗师建立了联系。我们阐述了在特奇曼地区将该项目与卫生部各部门及不同类别的本土治疗师（主要是传统助产士、草药师和神职治疗师）进行协调的策略。我们分析了影响该项目设计与实施的社会文化、经济和政治行政力量，以推荐在加纳国内外其他地区开展此类项目的方法。
