Submitted: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 M. Telford Jammeh Lecturer Centre for International Health Studies Queen Margaret College Edinburgh EH12 8TS Scotland United Kingdom phone: 0131 317 3492 fax: 0131 317 3494 e-mail: IHTELF@MAIN.QMCED.AC.UK Health; Cultural issues; Gender issues; Developments in Health Services; Reproductive health; child health; traditional healers and traditional medicine.