Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS

THETA works closely with health workers within 17 districts of Uganda, informing them about the value of traditional healing practitioners (THP) in the health care continuum, and engaging them in the training process. Community consultations and collaborative meetings between biomedical health care workers and local traditional healers are a regular feature of THETA’s work. From 2000-2007, EMpower supported THETA’s THP training as well as livelihoods projects that built the capacity of youth to earn an income and support their education and help provide for family members who are unable to work. Participants of community business initiatives were supported with both financial and material resources required to boost their income generating activities.The groups were given relevant training in business skills and seed funding to implement the activities.