Rainbow over the Tintilaya valley of Bolivia, where indigenous residents (Quechua and Aymara) still live in the old ways of Kollasuyo, the healing nation. January/February 2006 New World Outlook cover.
Photo: Dakin Cook
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Health and Wholeness: Being Well in Many Contexts
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Ministries of Health
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Moving Beyond Minimalistic Medicine
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Kollasuyo: The Healing Nation
by Sara Flores
Since the Incan Empire, the name of the region
where present-day Bolivia is located has been
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and Aymara languages) "the Healing People," "the
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Malaria Control in the 21st Century
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We've all heard of malaria, but it rarely affects
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Being Well
Health is not just the absence of disease, but on
the flip side of that saying, being well doesn't
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