Line Listing of Tribal Traditional Healers - Perspectives and Practices of Tribal Traditional Healers
2023
Jharkhand
Client - GRAAM
Health and Beyond Foundation supported GRAAM for the field activities and data collection and ethnographic study of the tribal traditional healers in selected districts of Jharkhand
Objective
Conduct a Line-listing of traditional healers in 7 select districts.
Ethnographic observation of 2 healers belonging to different tribes, and
also different types of healers.
In depth interviews
Coverage
Jharkhand. Districts of –
Dumka, Pakur, Lohardaga, Simdega, Gumla, West Singbhum and Kunti
Achievements
Completed the line listing of around 600 Traditional healers of all castes.
Identified 260 Tribal Traditional healers and their demographic details
Facilitated ethnographic study and in-depth interviews of a sample of healers
