SOBS 636 PLURAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS IN THE THIRD WORLD

This course seeks to examine the various regimes individual, groups and communities adopt to maintain and prevent illness. The course will allow students to learn the local and contemporary understanding of disease causation, recognition, treatment patterns and prevention. The course will also deal with indigenous/traditional medical system and biomedical system and the various stakeholders involved in the practice of these systems. The course will examine the rationale for the existence of several medical systems in the developing world and how these health resources are utilised at the individual, community and national level.