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Lessons from Ugandan indigenous knowledge systems regarding the management of HIV and AIDS |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Health is one of the major challenges facing Africa today. Solutions need to come from within and outside Africa, drawing from Africa's indigenous knowledge systems. This article describes the life cycles of malaria, tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and presents some strategies for the control and prevention of these diseases that are lessons and experiences from African countries. |
| Keywords: | Acculturation Arabisation assimilation Blue Nile Region competition and confrontation Ethiopia Funj indigenous African peoples internally displaced people Islam matrilineality migration patrilineality refugees Shuluk symbiotic relations the Sudan |