Perceptions and use of traditional African medicine in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga province (DR Congo): A cross-sectional study.
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Humans; Female; Young Adult; Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Democratic Republic of the Congo/epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Cities; Medicine, African Traditional; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Multidisciplinary
Abstract :
[en] In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the desire of the Ministry of Health to integrate Traditional African Medicine into the Official Health System remains limited by the lack of reliable data on several aspects of this medicine. This study aims to determine the perceptions of the Lubumbashi population towards Traditional African Medicine and the contexts of recourse to these therapeutic modalities. We conducted semi-structured interviews of population samples in each of the 7 Lubumbashi municipalities, which were semi-randomly selected in proportions to each population size, from January to June 2017 and from February to July 2018. A total of 4278 people (average age, 32.1 ± 10.4 years; 36.5% of women) have been surveyed. Among them, 75.8% define "Traditional African Medicine" as "herbal-based treatments"; 79.4% have resorted to traditional medicine, for several pathologies and social problems. This medicine was preferred for efficiency, speed of healing and low cost, as well as the presence of the diseases against which it would be the only one used. Most, (52.1%) have started with Conventional Medicine, then resorted to Traditional African Medicine, 34.7% started directly with Traditional African Medicine, while 13.2% combined these two medicines. From those who have resorted to Traditional African Medicine (n = 3396), 55% declare no concern towards traditional medicine, while 42.5% fear looseness, overdose, intoxication, and lack of hygiene; from those who have not resorted to Traditional African Medicine (n = 882), 78% are fearful of fear looseness, witchcraft, and fetishism. Traditional African Medicine remains an important health care resource for the Lubumbashi people. It is essential that decision-makers consider the importance of this health sector for the population, but also the reported fears and hindrances, and work towards the regulation, sanitization, and control of this medicine to ensure its safe use.
Disciplines :
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology
Author, co-author :
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Bakari, Salvius A; Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo
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Nachtergael, Amandine ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie > Service de Chimie thérapeutique et Pharmacognosie
Lumbu, Jean-Baptiste S; Service de Chimie Organique, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Kahumba, Joh B; Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Language :
English
Title :
Perceptions and use of traditional African medicine in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga province (DR Congo): A cross-sectional study.
Publication date :
18 October 2022
Journal title :
PLoS ONE
eISSN :
1932-6203
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, United States
Volume :
17
Issue :
10
Pages :
e0276325
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Development Goals :
12. Responsible consumption and production 3. Good health and well-being
R550 - Institut des Sciences et Technologies de la Santé R100 - Institut des Biosciences
Name of the research project :
3371 - PhytoKat ARES CCD PRD 2016 duez - Conditions pour l'intégration de la médecine traditionnelle aux soins de santé modernes. - Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
Funders :
Académie de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur
Funding text :
Funded by “Académie de Recherche et d’Enseignement Supérieur”(ARES - Belgium) through the PhytoKat CCD Project, Recipient: SC Mutombo. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We acknowledge the help of the investigators who helped us to collect data, and colleagues from the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Sciences (Université de Lubumbashi) who provided us with shapefiles for the mapping of Lubumbashi city. We also thank people who agreed to participate in this survey, without whom this study would have been unrealizable.
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