When she began practicing there were few sangomas in this city, but now there are several on each street.

当她开始行医时这个城市几乎没有治疗师, 但是现在每条街道都有几人。

In order to protect their image, sangomas created the Traditional Healer Organization, known as THO.

为了保护他们的形象, 这些治疗师们创造了传统治疗师组织, 简称THO。

Bavumile has been a traditional healer, or a sangoma, for 12 years.

巴姆艾尔12年来一直是传统治疗师, 或者被人们称为 巫师。

Program manager Thlakele Shongwe helped create the code of conduct—which he says protects sangomas and their clients.

项目经理塔拉克勒·肖恩帮助创建行动代码—他表示这对治疗师及他们的客户都能起到保护作用。

Most sangomas are no longer able to earn a living from their practice alone.

大多数治疗师们独自一人已经不再能够谋生。

Sangomas also face increasing competition from Western medicine as general health care has been made more accessible to more South Africans in the last 20 years.

治疗师们也面临来自西医越来越多的竞争，在过去的20年一般卫生保健已取得更多南非人的信任。

Recognizing the cultural importance of sangomas, the government created regulatory guidelines in 2003 in the Traditional Health Practitioners Bill to protect both the public and the practice. But it has yet to be fully implemented.

认识到治疗师的文化重要性后, 2003年政府设立了传统的医疗从业者监管指南来保护公众和这些从业人员。但它尚未完全实现。