by Richard Pitt

In May 2012, homeopaths representing homeopathic projects all over Africa, came together to share and explore their work in Africa. The conference was held at the Kenya School of Homeopathy, in Kwale, near Mombasa, Kenya, where there is a three year full-time homeopathic training offered. The conference was an amazing gathering of homeopaths from all over Africa and Europe. They represented projects in countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Swaziland, Botswana, South Africa and more. Organizations such as Homeopathy Without Borders were present and the presentations varied from new African provings, discussions on the homeopathic treatment of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other epidemic diseases, homeopathic research and the politics of homeopathy, both in Africa and elsewhere. This was the first Pan African Homeopathic Congress and was a great success.

So it seemed appropriate to share this with the wider community and to make the focus of this edition and also the next one an exploration of homeopathy in Africa and beyond.

by Jeremy Sherr

On the 17th of November 2008 Jeremy Sherr moved to Tanzania. Three months later his wife Camilla and their three small children followed. This was the beginning of a new chapter in their life, their mission to treat AIDS in Africa with classical homoeopathy. At the time he had no idea where they would live, how to open new clinics and what obstacles would stand in their way.

This ‘letter’ describes his work and life in Africa

by Richard Pitt

I knew little about the Kenia school before I arrived. I had heard that a Dutch woman had established a “proper” homeopathic school, but little else. So I was very surprised when I arrived to find an amazing operation in place. There is now a 3 year full-time school, with over 50 students, all living on site and with a capacity for another one hundred students. The school is very active in the local community, giving free healthcare to orphans from the local high school and also offering free mobile clinics to Kwale Boys Secondary School, the School for the Mentally Challenged Children and the nearby orphanage. Over two thousand children are reached this way. 

by Barbara Braun

The Swaziland Homeopathy project data shows how the use of a simple scoring system and a comprehensive database can provide a large amount of useful ongoing clinical information. It is clear from the analysis of the information presented that homoeopathy can be a successful approach to the treatment of all HIV/AIDS patients, regardless of whether they are already receiving ART. It also confirms the suitability of homoeopathic treatment for HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings.

by Barbara Braun

The Swaziland Homeopathic Project registered Charity was started in 2008 in response to the need for additional support for the women on this project and their children, particularly those who are HIV positive, regardless of whether they are on ART or not.

In order to justify further funding for this charity, the project set up a comprehensive database to establish the effectiveness of homoeopathic  treatment. Patient and practitioners score overall health and individual symptoms at each consultation, and patient details are recorded for age, status, sex etc.

This article, full of statistics and case examples, is a report on the work done by the Swaziland Homeopathy Project.

by Jeremy Sherr

This was the introduction speech by Jeremy Sherr at the First Pan African Homeopathic Congress, where he talks about the challenges, accomplishments and the future for homeopathy in Africa.

by Harry van der Zee, MD

The treatment protocols used for HIV-positive patients vary. Some will individualise each and every case, others use a combination of remedies, and again others have selected a group of AIDS-specific remedies and select for a patient the best fitting one from that group. This latter approach is based on the Genus Epidemic approach for epidemic diseases already described by Hahnemann.

Taking the cases of many AIDS-sufferers together as-if-one-person and so determine the Genus Epidemicus for AIDS in Africa is the way to go.

by Ann Haw

The remedy was made from scrapings on the tip of feathers where they attach into the skin, as well as clippings taken from the edges of the feathers. The students in the trituration group are all medical doctors, studying Homeopathy. There were 11 women and 2 men. Myself, and Beatrix ran the proving

by Ann Haw

The author discusses the case of a patient who had been part of her practice for a long time, and she had never really felt that she had found suitable remedies for her. The patient had varying symptoms and pathologies and had been given a number of remedies. This article describes the patient’s response to the homeopathic remedy Ostrich, a proving of which had been conducted by the author.

by Dr Judith Hapgood

This is a report of the First Pan African Homeopathic Congress held in Mombasa, Kenya in May 2012.

by Richard Pitt

The gray zone is evident in the collective story of Africa as a consequence of poverty, and a “perceived” lack; “perceived”, because in fact, there is much potential in Africa, much natural resource and the fact that many Africans are doing quite well; but even those who are succeeding are often still caught in the web of the miasma of poverty. It is a collective condition, not simply an individual matter. However, the experience of hunger on a daily basis for generations of millions of Africans feeds the perception of lack, and paralyzes potential. Richard Pitt shares his perspective on this.

by Jeremy Sherr

Homeopathy for Health in Africa, is a small organization dedicated to treating patients living with HIV/AIDS. They work on a voluntary basis and all treatments are free of charge. They reach rural areas where there is often no available medical treatment. In addition to the clinics, they have instigated, and are maintaining, several schools for children with HIV /AIDS. They also run food projects, distribute food, clothes, eyeglasses, plus help individual patients in their difficulties regarding housing, and employment.