Socio-Economic Effects of Deadly Disease Hepatitis: Case Study of Village Naseer Khan Madwani, Tando Allahyar

Abstract

This study is about hepatitis disease and its curing system through different methods such as cure by ethno medicines and by bio medical. The topic of research is directly related with the public health but on the other side it is an integral part of medical anthropology. In which we see different aspects of heath, disease and their treatment methods through perspective of cultures or from their own context. Study also explores that how people perceived or treats that particular disease in their local cultural context rather than biomedical treatment. Some districts of lower Sindh are highly affected by the hepatitis disease like Badin, Tando Allahyar, Thatta. So researchers select a small village Nasser Khan district Badin. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques are used to carry out this research. Study found that for any society there are different methods of treatment which are preferred from particular patients of the area. Traditional method of treatment is preferred as compared to bio-medical methods of treatment but there are some ambiguities in traditional treatment of hepatitis disease for instance about side effects and in case of hepatitis at which stage the disease is laying during treatment from hakims. The main reason behind people’s behaviors to the traditional treatment was mentioned in research that traditional method is of low cost than bio medical and another reason is that proper preservation of vaccine (i.e. bio medical).