Modernizing Medicine in Zimbabwe: HIV/AIDS and Traditional Healers

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Modernizing Medicine in Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS and Traditional Healers David S. Simmons VanDerbilt UniVerSity PreSS naShVille © 2012 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved First printing 2012 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Dariel Mayer All royalties from this book are being donated directly to the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association for HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and counseling efforts. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Simmons, David S. Modernizing medicine : HIV/AIDS and traditional healers in Zimbabwe / David S. Simmons. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8265-1807-1 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 1. Traditional medicine—Zimbabwe. 2. Healers—Zimbabwe. 3. Medical anthropology—Zimbabwe. 4. HIV infections— Zimbabwe. 5. AIDS (Disease)—Zimbabwe. I. Title. GR358.6.S56 2011 614.5′993920096891—dc22 2011003063 For Asha, Aria, and Aidan ...