1999
DOI: 10.2307/1581770
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The Aids Pandemic, the Prophet Billy Chisupe, and the Democratization Process in Malawi

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“…For example, in the mid 1990s there were claims that the mchape concoction by a cult leader would cure AIDS (Probst, 1999;Schoffeleers, 1999) and at present chambe and malawix are on the market as AIDS cures. Although some believe in traditional healing to prevent or cure AIDS are evident, many healers, however, say they can do nothing about the disease (Forster, 1998;Ligomeka, 2001).…”
Section: Scientific Validation Of Traditional Medicinementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For example, in the mid 1990s there were claims that the mchape concoction by a cult leader would cure AIDS (Probst, 1999;Schoffeleers, 1999) and at present chambe and malawix are on the market as AIDS cures. Although some believe in traditional healing to prevent or cure AIDS are evident, many healers, however, say they can do nothing about the disease (Forster, 1998;Ligomeka, 2001).…”
Section: Scientific Validation Of Traditional Medicinementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although some believe in traditional healing to prevent or cure AIDS are evident, many healers, however, say they can do nothing about the disease (Forster, 1998;Ligomeka, 2001). Hence, Schoffeleers (1999) notes that the salvation denoted by the traditional medicine mchape appears to be an invitation and a help to change one's lifestyle more than a cure for AIDS. Because of such claims, Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board (PMPB) has warned that about 12,000 traditional healers risk prosecution for violating laws governing the dispensation of drugs in Malawi by making claims of cure publicly, which have not been scientifically proven (Mnama, 2006).…”
Section: Scientific Validation Of Traditional Medicinementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The response of the government was contradictory. While publicly asserting that there was still neither a cure nor vaccine for HIV/AIDS, the government not only provided security at the site of the healing, but also used its vehicles to carry civil servants to the site (Schoffeleers 1999). It is in this highly varied, ambiguous and complex social, cultural, and political context that the condom policy situation in Malawi is being examined.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Mwasapila's miracle cure is but one of thousands of similar phenomena in recent decades in Africa, notable only for the scale of his operations and the publicity he has received. In the mid-1990s, for example, a Malawian villager treated more than a million people with his 'cure' for AIDS (Probst 1999, Schoffeleers 1999, Doran 2007. Across the continent, hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of healers are brewing their decoctions daily, usually with recipes inspired by communication with spiritual beings of one kind or another.…”
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