Swaziland Homeopathy Project - Maun Homeopathy Project

Maun Homeopathy Project - A Success in Progress

The Maun Homeopathy Project in Botswana is an example of homeopathy at work as a specific HIV/AIDS treatment in the country’s outreach clinics. An NGO started in 2002 by homeopath Hilary Fairclough, this is the model upon which the current Swaziland Homeopathy project is based.

Initially all the patients were HIV+ but now it is open to everyone. The project works in close tandem with the Botswana government's commitment to providing free ARV treatment to all who fall sick with HIV/AIDS and have a CD4 count below 200.

Currently through the Maun project, homeopaths treat 30-50 clients a week using the Triad method. This is a Homeopathic protocol used for patients whose immune system is severely compromised by HIV and has the added advantage of being able to support the liver and other organs that are overloaded as a result of the ARV therapy. There is qualitative evidence that this treatment confers an overall positive benefit for patients by reducing the side effects caused by the ARVs. This homeopathic protocol has been used by the Maun Project for the past 6 years. Medical results and statistics were presented at the 2007 International Aids Conference in London and were later published in the “Journal of the Society of Homeopaths.”

The project is now integrated into the fabric of healthcare and support services for communities in the Maun area, where over 35% of the population are HIV+, one of the highest rates in the world. Botswana was the first country in Africa to provide free anti-retroviral drugs and the homeopaths work in a complementary way with this conventional medical approach to HIV and AIDS.

Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection.

Maun Homeopathy Project

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