This morning there a short news story discussing the reality of what the majority of people do a lot of African nations regarding seeking medical treatments which includes traditional healing via witch doctors.
The formally educated doctors have two major concerns regarding traditional healing methods in a modern world where poverty and traditions meet with mixed scientific approaches.
One nurse pointed out the reality is that access to hospital is difficult and not funded adequately and the wait times are excessive.
She said …The greater majority of people access traditional healing practises. The practise of accessing a witch doctor or traditional healers is illegal in the nation she was speaking of and yet those accessing the treatments is extremely common. The sector is not regulated because of being illegal and of course there are some unsafe treatments being peddled to patients needing
I guess her pov to improve healthcare standards and safety standards leans strongly towards harm minimization.
The scope of the problem is spilling over into the hospitals when some charletons are pretending to be healers and administering dangerous treatments for a cost of course.
Regulations could also ban traditional treatments known to cause harm .
This problem is not limited to African nations and as discussed here often the regulation of natural therapies is essential to give populations and informed choice for medical care.