"Xilala is only treated with a good hand": a study on the treatment of malnutrition in Mozambique

• Váldodahkkit: Janete Ismael Mabuie Gove (Dahkki), Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani (Dahkki), Vitor Henrique de Siqueira Jasper (Dahkki), Arune Estavela (Dahkki), Islândia Bezerra (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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Abstract: In Mozambique old and new evils of body and spirit intertwine, thus allowing particular contours to modern life. Traditional diseases are reconfigured along the lines of a new thinking, and what Western medicine calls malnutrition is defined as xilala by the local traditional thinking. Thi...