Abstract: It is known through anthropological literature that African countries are distinguished by a category of medicine that many specialists call ethnomedicine or traditional African medicine. Faced with biomedicine, ethnomedicine has often been relegated to the background in the resolution of health-related problems. However, ethnomedicine resurfaces in African countries, particularly in Cameroon, when there is no biomedical solution to a …
Medical Anthropology and Practice of Medicine in Health Issues
This article is part of the series: Working Definitions: Making and Unmaking “Medical Anthropology” around the World