title: [Role of traditional medicine in the health care system of the cities of sub-Saharan Africa: Libreville in Gabon].
abstract: Traditional medicine in Libreville is undergoing changes, despite the refusal of some actors in the modern health-care system to recognize it. It is gradually adopting the methods and techniques of modern medicine for patient management. It therefore occupies the same medical space as the modern care system, creating competition. Traditional medicine is positioning itself to deal with pathologies related to the body, thus competing with -- and annoying -- some of the actors of the modern system of care. At the same time, it lays claim to pathologies related to the spirit, thus distinguishing itself.
authors.affiliation: École nationale des eaux et forêts Université Omar-Bongo Libreville Gabon, Ambassade de France Libreville Gabon, Institut francilien des géosciences Équipe géomatique, télédétection et modélisation des connaissances Université de Marne-la-Vallée France.
authors.forename: Euloge
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Makita-Ikouaya
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Milleliri
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rudant
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D002947:Cities; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D005681:Gabon; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional