Sexually transmitted infections and their diagnoses: Bapedi experience

Semenya, SS; Potgieter, M.J.

doi:10.4314/ahs.v13i4.27

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“…South African authors have found that while traditional healers play a key role in the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections including HI/AIDS, they have serious shortcomings especially poor diagnosis. 2 Testing for HIV remains a very important strategy for HIV prevention in South Africa especially for young people. Over 50% of the youth reported that they had had an HIV test with females more likely to test than males.…”

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Editorial: Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away

Tumwine¹

2014

Afr H. Sci.

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Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away What is new in HIV/AIDs and hepatitis?Here we discuss the latest information on the above subject. Tanzanian workers report a knowledge gap among attendees on of antenatal care clinics. (PMTCT), especially at primary health care facilities. 1 This is disappointing because a lot of effort and resources have been invested in PMTCT. But they are not alone. South African authors have found that while traditional healers play a key role in the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections including HI/AIDS, they have serious shortcomings especially poor diagnosis. 2 Testing for HIV remains a very important strategy for HIV prevention in South Africa especially for young people. Over 50% of the youth reported that they had had an HIV test with females more likely to test than males. 3 This is timely because work in Lesotho has shown that health workers attribute HIV/AIDS to changing lifestyles and demographic profiles. 4 In fact family dynamics in adherence to HAART has been studied by Nigerian workers. 5 Most of the respondents were adherent and attributed this to care and support they received from their families. In a related article, Ugandan authors report on knowledge, attitude and barriers to condom use among female sex workers and truck drivers among whom the risk of HIV remains high. 6 They conclude that condom use is still hampered by socioeconomic and relationship factors.Co-infection of HIV and hepatitis B among children on HAART has hardly been reported from Africa. Work from Nigeria shows a prevalence of 6%. Co-infected children were more likely to have low CD4 counts. 7 Outcome of patients on HAART remains poor with a very high mortality of 21% reported from Uganda is a cause for concern. 8 The main causes were opportunistic infections, malignancy and AZT associated anemia. Dyslipidaemia and dysglycaemia are serious problem among patients on HAART. Ghanaian authors have found that HAART was associated with lipodystrophy and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. 9 Hepatitis remains a big challenge in Africa. The prevalence of hepatitis B antigemia (HBsAg) among pregnant women was 6.6% consistent with reports from elsewhere in Africa 10 .

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Editorial: Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away

Tumwine¹

2014

Afr H. Sci.

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“…South African traditional healers see far fewer patients than their biomedical counterparts, offering in-depth treatment that includes counselling for both individual patients and their families [ 46 ]. South African traditional healers, like their Native American counterparts, also frequently travel significant distances to treat patients in their own homes [ 52 ]. Traditional healing is therefore a highly individualised and interactive experience for patients, in which healers are facilitators.…”

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Traditional Healing, Biomedicine and the Treatment of HIV/AIDS: Contrasting South African and Native American Experiences

Flint

2015

IJERPH

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Traditional healing remains an important aspect of many people’s engagement with healthcare and, in this, responses to the treatment of HIV/AIDS are no different. However, given the gravity of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, there has been much debate as to the value of traditional healing in this respect. Accordingly, this paper explores the extent to which meaningful accommodation between the biomedical and traditional sectors is possible (and/or even desirable). It does this through a consideration of Native American and South African experiences, looking at how the respective groups, in which medical pluralism is common, have addressed the issue of HIV/AIDS. The paper points to the importance of developing “culturally appropriate” forms of treatment that emphasise complementary rather than adversarial engagement between the traditional and biomedical systems and how policymakers can best facilitate this.

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“…It is also noted that different strains of N. gonorrhoea are susceptible to several plant extracts [15][16][17], and sensitive to pure isolate compounds [18,19]. Gonorrhoea [20] and candidiasis [21] infections are the most common STIs recognised by traditional health practitioners (THPs). Many healthcare seekers in lower socio-economic settings depend on invasive alien plants administered by THPs to treat gonorrhoea and candidiasis [22].…”

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Antimicrobial activity of selected plants against fungal species isolated from South African AIDS patients and their antigonococcal activity

Maema

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Masevhe

et al. 2020

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

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BackgroundSexually transmitted infections continue to be a major health concern in sub-Saharan Africa where antimicrobial drugs are becoming ineffective due to increasing resistance. Many healthcare seekers in lower socio-economic settings depend on invasive alien plants administered by traditional health practitioners to treat sexually transmitted infections.MethodsRoots of selected plants were analysed for phytoconstituents using standard methods. Both the disc diffusion model and microdilution technique were used to determine the inhibition zone and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of plant extracts against six clinical fungal strains and standard strain of Neisseria gonorrhoea. One-way ANOVA was used to find significant differences.ResultsDifferent phytoconstituents such as alkaloids, steroids, cardiac glycosides, terpenes, flavonoids, tannins and saponins were qualitatively detected, depending on plant species. Acetone extracted the highest number of phytoconstituents in Senna didymobotrya, while methanol revealed most from Ricinus communis. Senna didymobotrya showed significant inhibition against Candida glabrata, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis. Dichloromethane extract of Catharanthus roseus and methanol extract of S. didymobotrya demonstrated excellent MIC values of 0.03 and 0.08 mg/mL, respectively, against C. glabrata. Catharanthus roseus, Opuntia ficus-indica and Ricinus communis demonstrated moderate to good antigonococcal activity, with all exhibiting more than 63% inhibition. Catharanthus roseus had the best antigonococcal activity with a moderate MIC value of 0.63 mg/mL.ConclusionSome of the plant extracts demonstrated potency towards clinically isolated fungal strains and against N. gonorrhoea, which validate the notion that some of the species need further pharmacological studies for isolation and characterisation of active compounds.

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Sexually transmitted infections and their diagnoses: Bapedi experience

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

Editorial: Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away

Editorial: Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away

Traditional Healing, Biomedicine and the Treatment of HIV/AIDS: Contrasting South African and Native American Experiences

Antimicrobial activity of selected plants against fungal species isolated from South African AIDS patients and their antigonococcal activity

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