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

• Main Authors: Janete Ismael Mabuie Gove (Author), Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani (Author), Vitor Henrique de Siqueira Jasper (Author), Arune Estavela (Author), Islândia Bezerra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...