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Contents tagged: traditional medicine

June 13, 2018 Eastern Mediterranean Publication

Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Communication and integration: a qualitative analysis of perspectives among Middle Eastern oncology healthcare professionals on the integration of complementary medicine in supportive cancer care

The use of complementary and traditional medicine (CTM ) in Middle Eastern countries is widespread, including among patients with cancer. Perspectives of oncology healthcare professionals (HCPs) in this region regarding the integration of CTM within conventional supportive cancer care were explored

cancer, complementary therapies, integrated medicine, medical service integration, palliative care, supports patients, traditional medicine

Sept. 7, 2018 South-East Asia Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Strategies to integrate community-based traditional and complementary healthcare systems into mainstream HIV prevention programs in resource-limited settings

Global spending for HIV prevention has been decreasing over the years. As a result, several low-income countries, including Nepal, are increasingly facing the challenge to minimize the funding gap to continue providing HIV prevention services to the people. This paper attempted to clarify why it is important to integrate community-based traditional and complementary healthcare systems and mobilize them into the mainstream HIV programs to ensure access to HIV prevention messages, HIV testing, and treatment in resource-limited settings.

community-based integrated approach, complementary medicine, hiv prevention, integrated health services, traditional medicine

July 17, 2023 Americas Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Strengthening governance and accountability, Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Integrated person- and people-centred primary care for diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: The nurses' perspective on patient needs

The aim of this study was to identify what nurses working in primary care settings perceive as necessary to support the life needs of people with type 2 diabetes. Articulate these needs with the needs expressed by people with diabetes in a previous study. This study demonstrates nurses' important contribution to analysing and designing people-centred care in their community.

bolivia, community participation, diabetes mellitus, health services needs and demand, nursing, patient-centred care, primary health care, public health, social determinants of health, traditional medicine