Zimbabwean employers to recognize tribal healers for sick days
In Zimbabwe, workers can claim official sick days with a note from a tribal healer, also known as a witch doctor.
Only members of the state-approved Traditional Medical Practitioners Council can grant sick leave of up to one week, the country's deputy health minister Edwin Maguti recently told a gathering of traditional healers and herbalists.
The council has 1,500 members throughout the African nation.
Zimbabwe's ailing economy has hurt government health services and the announcement was a move to improve the collaboration of traditional healers in providing health care.
Maguti said medical doctors would also be encouraged to refer patients to traditional healers for additional treatments.
Only members of the state-approved Traditional Medical Practitioners Council can grant sick leave of up to one week, the country's deputy health minister Edwin Maguti recently told a gathering of traditional healers and herbalists.
The council has 1,500 members throughout the African nation.
Zimbabwe's ailing economy has hurt government health services and the announcement was a move to improve the collaboration of traditional healers in providing health care.
Maguti said medical doctors would also be encouraged to refer patients to traditional healers for additional treatments.
