1 / 6

Nigerian Illnesses and Treatments

Nigerian Illnesses and Treatments. Demi Milas. Malaria HIV/AIDS 2.7 million Nigerian adults in 1999 Average life expectancy fifty-one. Illnesses. More than 4000 medicinal plants used Medicinal plants Pygeum Securidaca longipedunculata. Traditional African Medicine.

bonner
Download Presentation

Nigerian Illnesses and Treatments

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Nigerian Illnesses and Treatments Demi Milas

  2. Malaria • HIV/AIDS • 2.7 million Nigerian adults in 1999 • Average life expectancy fifty-one Illnesses

  3. More than 4000 medicinal plants used • Medicinal plants • Pygeum • Securidacalongipedunculata Traditional African Medicine

  4. Belief in evil spirits that bring misfortune • No one becomes sick coincidentally • Black magic and charms • Voodoo Juju

  5. Ezinma’s illnesses in her life • Believed to be an ogbanje • Ekwefi believes faith will save her In Things Fall Apart

  6. Siollun, Max. "Nigerians In America." Do You Believe in Juju? N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June 2014. "Countries and Their Cultures." Culture of Nigeria. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2014. "Nigeria Major Infectious Diseases." - Demographics. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June 2014. Works Cited

More Related