ABSTRACT
The establishment of an effective organisation or association of healers may be considered as one step towards the professionalisation of traditional healers. In Tanzania there is no law which prohibits or governs the practice of traditional medicine. In Tanzania there have been a number of efforts to promote traditional medicine. The association (UWATA) attracted many traditional healers within the urban set-up, some of whom were not traditional healers but quacks, while others were opportunists. Many people have urged the incorporation or collaboration of traditional medicine with modern health care. In general, traditional healers have been eager to form associations but faced with leadership problems. Umoja wa Waganga Tanzania or Traditional Healers' Union of Tanzania managed to open a number of treatment centres in the country. Its members were always coming forward to display their talents to cure, and they organised several treatment sessions in a number of areas throughout the country.
