Traditional Healers Treat AIDS Patients

Experience of the Tanga AIDS Working Group in Tanzania (TAWG)

Introduction

TAWG

This toolkit demonstrates how traditional healers in the Tanga region of Tanzania have used herbal remedies to treat over 5000 AIDS patients of the opportunistic infections related to HIV/AIDS. The treatment is administered by an NGO—the Tanga AIDS Working Group (TAWG) in partnership with the regional hospital. It provides an affordable alternative to expensive drugs and prolongs the lives of patients.

	Millennium Development Goals
	Combating HIV/AIDS
	Tanga AIDS Working Group's Experience -- The Summary: The Tanga AIDS Working Group treats HIV/AIDS patients -- The Challenge: The high incidence of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- The Approach: Innovative aspects of the Tanga AIDS Working Group -- The Impact: Patients have access to low cost drugs and live longer
	Lessons (Multi-media Tools) -- TAWG Video: Features TAWG staff, healer and patients -- IK Notes: Detailed article on the project design and implementation -- Debriefing: David Scheinman reflects on the NGOs unique experience -- Lessons Learned: What worked, how and why
	Scaling Up -- Framework for Action and Replication
	Additional Resources -- Web Links to reports on the TAWG Case: BBC Report on TAWG TAWGs Community Exchange Program World Bank brokers partnership between TAWG and US-NIH -- Other MDG Multimedia Knowledge Packs: Reducing Maternal Mortality in Uganda and Community Knowledge Exchange
	Contact Dr. Samuel Mtullu, Project Coordinator Tanga AIDS Working Group Cliff Block Bombo Hospital Tanga, Tanzania PO Box 1374 Tanga Tel/Fax: 255-27-264 2266 Email: Tawg@tanga.net

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