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Traditional medicine is the main, & often the only, source of medical care for a great proportion of the population of the developing world. Systems of traditional medicine are usually rooted in long-standing cultural traditions, take a holistic approach to health, & are community based. The World Health Organization has long recognized the central role traditional systems of care can play in efforts to provide primary health care, especially in rural areas. This article provides an overview of national policies adopted by African governments following World Health Organization recommendations for the incorporation of traditional & allopathic systems of care. 12 References. [Copyright 2002 Sage Publications, Inc.]

Andean traditional medicines in rural settings and community exchange networks -- Traditional medicines in new contexts: old cultural practices in new venues -- Women's roles in Andean marketplaces: shopping in the Andes -- Marketing medicines in rural Bolivia: San Pedro de Condo -- Selling medicines at Condo's regional marketplaces: Huari, Challapata, and Oruro -- Bolivian traditional medicines and urban commercialization: medicine vendors in Cochabamba -- Coca, coca medicines, and the dilemma of coca in the Andes and beyond -- Natural medicine and naturopaths in Bolivia: a new twist on traditional medicine -- Traditional medicines and intellectural property rights -- The future of traditional medicines in Bolivia

"Rural America is economically, socially, culturally, geographically, and demographically diverse. This multidimensional diversity presents complex challenges and unique opportunities related to delivering health care and improving health outcomes and health equity in rural communities. To explore issues related to population health in rural America, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public virtual workshop, "Population Health in Rural America in 2020" on June 24-25, 2020. The workshop planning committee was composed of rural health experts representing public health, health care, and tribal health. Presentations and discussions focused on rural America in context, rural health vital signs, rural health care in action, assessment and implementation strategies for improving the health and health equity in rural populations, and rural health policy. This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop."

Introduction -- Potential challenges and opportunities in rural communities -- Leveraging resources to advance equity in rural areas -- Building greater prosperity in rural communities -- Equitable access to health and health care -- Final reflections

"This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases. Thurka Sangaramoorthy reveals that that the corporatization of health care delivery and immigration policies are deeply connected in rural America. Drawing from fieldwork that centers on Maryland's sparsely populated Eastern Shore, Sangaramoorthy shows how longstanding issues of precarity among rural health systems along with the exclusionary logics of immigration have mutually fashioned a 'landscape of care' in which shared conditions of physical suffering and emotional anxiety among immigrants and rural residents generate powerful forms of regional vitality and social inclusion"--