title: Enlisting the support of traditional healers in an AIDS education campaign in zambia.
abstract: A nationwide AIDS education campaign in Zambia was constrained by lack of support from traditional healers. First, some of them did not appreciate the nature of the new disease, and second, others hampered the education efforts by publicly claiming that they possessed curative and/or preventive medicines for HIV infection. To overcome communication barriers, the health education unit convened a workshop for traditional medical practitioners and their orthodox counterparts. An important feature of the workshop was interactive participatory small group discussion. At the close of the workshop significantly more healers understood the nature of AIDS and were willing to participate in the national information and education effort against AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Health Education Unit, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Republic of Zambia.
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Chirwa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sivile