Building on Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge and Home-Based Health Care Efforts in Rural Malawi
Malawi remains one of the world's least developed countries, with more than 65 percent of its population of over 11 million below the poverty line. As in most countries in the region, biomedical health facilities and services are in very short...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5547851/building-traditional-medicinal-plant-knowledge-home-based-health-care-efforts-rural-malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10764 |
| Summary: | Malawi remains one of the world's
least developed countries, with more than 65 percent of its
population of over 11 million below the poverty line. As in
most countries in the region, biomedical health facilities
and services are in very short supply, especially in the
rural communities of Malawi-about 85 percent of its
population. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has exacerbated the
already strained scarce resources available within the
national health delivery system. In the absence of adequate
biomedical health services, most rural Malawians continue to
rely on traditional, largely plant-derived treatments for
their primary health care needs. |
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