The document discusses the clash between African and Western medical values and practices in HIV/AIDS prevention. It notes that effective prevention requires incorporating local cultural beliefs in a respectful way while also questioning one's own culture. Western medicine views the body mechanistically while African traditions see overlapping natural, supernatural and social worlds. The WHO found African healers provide most health services in Africa. UNAIDS advocates collaboration with healers who have community credibility and influence behaviors, making them essential HIV prevention partners. Any collaboration must be mutually respectful, not purely instrumental, and genuinely reciprocal.