A crash course in changing the world.
The traditional medicine women of Mexico have had "bitter struggles with official associations of physicians, but have come up with a solution. They have formed meetings and collaboration groups to help benefit indigenous women. "Their involvement has been a key factor in cataloguing the plants, herbs, and practices, and in promoting the conservation and availability of curative products and practices". An overall health program has also been created with the help of UNICEF, the National Indigenist Institute and NGOs. The medicine women teach indigenous villagers how to become health promoters. They teach them through various courses and workshops and focus specifically on the "recovery of communal knowledge about medicinal plants and traditional healing practices". Their status has been enhanced through council of traditional medicine and new community clinics. "Not only can they make wide use of their traditional knowledge in medicine, but also the exercise of their practice has been greatly improved".
The lesson from this case is to get the local people involved. Indigenous people are being taught how to naturally heal and help their local people and this is greatly beneficial compared to an official association of physicians. This has given more people, especially women, jobs, has improved the status of women and has put their knowledge to good use. Lastly, the quality of their practice has improved.
Article: http://www.kivu.com/wbbook/casestudies.html ( 3rd Article Down)
© 2024 Created by Alchemy. Powered by
You need to be a member of Urgent Evoke to add comments!
Join Urgent Evoke