The Contribution of Traditional Medicine in Treatment and Care in HIV/AIDS- The THETA Experience in Uganda
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THETA is an acronym that stands for: Traditional and modern Health practitioners Together against AIDS and other diseases. THETA is a mutually respectful collaboration between traditional healers (THs) and biomedical health practitioners (BHPs) in the fight against AIDS and other diseases. THETA begun in 1992 as a research collaboration between The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) and Medicin San Frontiers (MSF).
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