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

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...

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Main Authors: Janete Ismael Mabuie Gove, Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani, Vitor Henrique de Siqueira Jasper, Arune Estavela, Islândia Bezerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2021-08-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2021000705016&tlng=en