Traditional healers and the potential for collaboration with the national tuberculosis programme in Vanuatu: results from a mixed methods study

Table 2 Reported practice of treatment of lung diseases by traditional healers in Vanuatu

Description of practice^§	Number	Percentage
Treat short wind (n = 18)	15	83
How do people get this sickness^# (n = 16)
Alcohol/ smoking	3	19
Food	5	31
Hereditary	1	6
Other natural cause	2	13
Other spiritual cause	2	13
Sexual intercourse with menstruating women	3	19
Symptoms of short wind*
Cough	8	42
Discoloured eyes	3	16
Fever	2	11
Haemoptysis	3	16
Fatigue	5	26
Shortness of breath	8	42
Weight loss	5	26
Other symptoms	10	52

^§n = number of valid responses. All percentages were calculated as a proportion of the number of valid responses, which are indicated in brackets.
^#The healers were asked to give the single most important response for the question: How do people get this sickness?
*The healers described more than one symptom for short wind, therefore these percentages do not add up to 100.

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