Pauka / krisi siknis from the care of health personnel in Bilwi and Waspam rio Coco

• Published in: Ciencia e Interculturalidad
• Main Authors: Espinoza Blanco, Serafina, Pastorino, María Sol
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish; English
• Published: URACCAN 2022
• Subjects: Health models; Ministry of Health; health personnel; traditional healers; healing; Modelos de salud; Ministerio de Salud; personal de salud; curanderos; curación; De la Costa; Marcos; Derecho; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://revistasnicaragua.cnu.edu.ni/index.php/Interculturalidad/article/view/7401; https://doi.org/10.5377/rci.v29i02.13314

The Ministry of Health is the governing body for health in Nicaragua. This governmental entity, through the Health Model of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region and the Intercultural Health Care Model of the North Caribbean Coast (MASIRAAN), recognizes the restitution of health rights for all equally. Similarly, the legal frameworks emphasize health as a fundamental right, without any political, ethnic, religious, economic, socio-cultural or social class distinctions. In this same line, the National Health Policy of Nicaragua of Ministry of Health (2008a), establishes the articulation between biomedicine and traditional ancestral medicine. Taking into account the above, this article aims to detail the actions used by health personnel for the healing process of pauka / krisi siknis.The results show that health personnel have not been able to cure pauka / krisi siknis, despite being a disease that has been affecting the population since ancient times, so that from those times until today are the traditional healers / sika lan uplika nani, which have healed those affected, the health problem is associated with supernatural aspects and spells El Ministerio de Salud, es la instancia rectora de la salud en Nicaragua. Esta instancia gubernamental, a través del Modelo de Salud de la Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte y el Modelo de Atención en Salud Intercultural de la Costa Caribe Norte (MASIRAAN), reconoce la restitución de los derechos de la salud para todos y todas por igual. De igual manera los marcos jurídicos enfatizan la salud como un derecho fundamental, sin distingo alguno sean estos políticos, étnicos, religiosos, económicos, socioculturales clase social. En esta misma línea, la Política Nacional de Salud de Nicaragua del Ministerio de Salud (2008a), establece la articulación entre la biomedicina y la medicina tradicional ancestral. Tomando en cuenta lo antes dicho, el presente artículo tiene por objeto detallar las acciones que emplea el personal de salud para el proceso de sanación del pauka/krisi ...