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Carolyn Audet

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Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health , Vanderbilt University

Most healers understand that blood exposure can result in infectious disease transmission. Gulshan Khan/AFP via Getty Images

March 1, 2021

Traditional healers in South Africa are exposed to infection, but few can get protective gear

Carolyn Audet, Vanderbilt University; Mosa Moshabela, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Ryan G Wagner, University of the Witwatersrand

An average healer in the rural South African town where the study was done experiences about 1,500 occupational blood exposures in their lifetime.

Reuters/Rogan Ward

November 30, 2017

Why traditional healers could have a role to play in fighting HIV

Ryan G Wagner, University of the Witwatersrand and Carolyn Audet, Vanderbilt University

In rural areas where there are often fewer healthcare professionals available, traditional healers can have a role to play in promoting HIV treatment.

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