Sections

• Health and Veterinary Sciences domain editorial board at AOSIS
• Abbreviations and acronyms, figures and tables appearing in the text and notes
• Glossary
• Notes on contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Communication discordance among health care professionals and indigenous patients
• Chapter 2. Indigenous practices in health care promotion and diseases prevention
• Chapter 3. Wearing of artefacts for preventive and promotive care: An African indigenous practice of go thekga during infancy
• Chapter 4. Rite of passage: An African indigenous knowledge perspective
• Chapter 5. Child spacing and prevention of pregnancy among African indigenous people
• Chapter 6. African indigenous beliefs and practices during pregnancy, birth and after birth
• Chapter 7. Provision of neonatal care: An African indigenous perspective
• Chapter 8. Indigenous knowledge, beliefs, practices and treatments of menopause among females of African descent
• Chapter 9. Sexually transmitted infections: An indigenous African context
• Chapter 10. Indigenous health care practices in the treatment of mental illness in South Africa
• Chapter 11. Same-sex intimate relationships and marriages among African indigenous people
• Chapter 12. The role of patriarchy and its influences on domestic violence against females and children in Africa: An indigenous perspective
• Chapter 13. Nutritious edible indigenous vegetables
• Chapter 14. Conclusion: General conclusion
• References