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The folk illness kimeo and “traditional” uvulectomy: an ethnomedical study of care seeking for children with cough and weakness in Dar es Salaam
BACKGROUND: Amputation of the uvula by lay providers, so-called “traditional uvulectomy”, is common in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, the procedure is a treatment of persistent cough, and in some areas of the country, one in three children have been cut. Previous research from Sub-Saharan...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9052184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35488269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00533-9 |