Health and the City

The book explores traditional medicine use and practices in the city of Harare, and highlights how it remains a popular aspect of health and wellbeing of citizens. The author is able to bring to light the practices of Traditional Medical Practitioners, their sources of knowledge, and their approaches to health and wellbeing. The book will also be useful for health officials seeking to improve the integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine within the mainstream health care system. For the ethnobotanists, the books offers information about Indigenous herb species that are popular amongst citizens in Harare, whilst a herbal or pharmaceutical company may find it informative as a data source for identifying potential candidate herbs for possible commercialization.

Autorentext

El autor es un sociólogo que creció en la ciudad de Harare y utiliza su formación en investigación y su familiaridad con la ciudad como base para explorar diversas cuestiones sociales dentro de la ciudad. Sus intereses de investigación se centran en la sociología urbana, la desigualdad social, la descolonización de la ciudad, los sistemas de conocimiento indígenas y los métodos de investigación social, entre otros.