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Preventative Care and Culture 26 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
This paper explores the intersection between culture and health. The similarities and differences between methods for preventative medicine employed by traditional and allopathic systems are discussed...
Fanta Fanafody: Malagasy Traditional Medicine in a Globalized World 26 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
This study investigates the relationship between traditional medicine and globalization in Madagascar. Information from interactions and interviews with both traditional and allopathic healers is used...
Factors Influencing Access to Healthcare Services 26 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
Following several political upheavals, the country of Madagascar has become one of the poorest countries in the world. This level of poverty affects many aspects of life, especially access to healthca...
Approaches to Mental Illness in Madagascar: A Case for Reconciling Reason with Faith 26 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
This paper expounds the shortcomings of the mental health provisions inherent in the current primary health care system in Madagascar in light of its limited accessibility to the Malagasy. Integrating...
Poverty, Wealth, and How Traditional Medicine Would Benefit the United States 26 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
This paper seeks to discover and address the various reasons as to how traditional medicine, “the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous...
Integrated Health Care Systems: A Holistic Approach to Medicine 26 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
This paper examines how the strengths of both allopathic and traditional medical systems are harnessed in integrated health care systems – a system which “consciously targets and harnesses people’s li...
Challenges of Containing New HIV Infections in Ethiopia: Unacknowledged Transmission Route 26 Aug 2013 | 09:06 pm
As the main goal of the Partnership Framework (PF) between the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and the U.S. Government (USG), Ethiopia has set a national target of reducing new HIV infections by 50% by t...
To Vote or Not to Vote: Youth Political Agency in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia 22 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
In the wake of the Tunisian Revolution, young people in Tunisia have become very interested in politics. For some young people, this excitement has resulted in positive feelings about voting. For othe...
A New Direction for Fair Trade USA: A Contextual Analysis of Latin American Coffee Farmers 20 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
This paper uses the historical context of the United States and Latin American coffee trade to analyze the new direction Fair Trade USA has taken in parting from the Fair Trade label certifying board,...
The Art of Controlling a Meteorological Event: Responsibility of the Government and Perspectives of the People Regarding Flooding in the City of Bueno... 19 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
The city of Buenos Aires bears a long history of flooding, notable throughout the twentieth century as the city grew and developed into the urban capital it is today. Although the floods are provoked ...
