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How Health Care Professionals Interact with African Practices 

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How Health Care Professionals Interact with African Practices 

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Their is a shortage of Health care in Africa due to the migration of health care workers to the United States. Health care is different throughout Africa depending on the region. Those living in urban areas receive better health care then those living in rural or remote regions. Lack of funds are a big problem in Africa, health care workers have to find medical treatment that if affordable for the people.

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A Current and well known illness in Africa is HIV/AIDS. Africa houses 11% of the world's population but 60% has AIDS. Ebola is taking over West Africa their calling it an epidemic. This is the worse outbreak since it was discovered in 1976. Malaria and Polio are some other health issues.

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SAN (Bushman) Healing Dance Botswana Africa

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San (Bushmen) spiritual ceremony, healing trance dance filmed in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana (Africa) for 'Spirits of Africa' documentary series by Ton van der Lee. The traditional healer dances for hours, gets into a trance, leaves his body to connect with the ancestors and his 'power animal' and returns to the dance to heal the people around the fire with the power he has received.

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In Africa 80% of people use traditional medical systems for much of their health care. Singing, dancing and playing the drums are a very important tradition Africans use in the healing of a persons.Hands on therapies such as messages by using a cupping horn to remove the impurities from the body. Plant remedies or animal based products are also used in the healing or treatment of people

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Treatment depends on what you, your family and diviner healers believe is the cause of illness. Hands-on therapies might work best. Massage is common, as is using a cupping horn to remove impurities from the body. Plant, mineral or animal-based remedies are made in the home, or by a trained herbalist.

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Africa's Perception of Health and Illness

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Africa's Perception of Health and Illness

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Africans believe that no person is in good health. When the illness worsens, they seek medical help the traditional ways of their ancestors such as their spirits or from a doctor for a cure. Many even let friends or family members take care of them while their sick.

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A time line of Africa in the United States