The Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Mampong – Akuapem, has been awarded the Research Company of the Year at the recently held Ghana Pharma Awards. It is in recognition of the Company’s contribution towards researching and providing herbal medicine to cure ailments. Receiving the award on behalf on the Centre, the Executive Director, Dr. Kofi […]
By Josh Wayne, MSW, MPHJuly 24, 2021 — Updated August 3rd, 2021 Vitamin D is a topic of interest year-round. 1 billion people around the world struggle to obtain the recommended amount of vitamin D. The elderly and nursing home residents, those struggling with obesity, and hospitalized patients all struggle to get sufficient amounts of vitamin D each year. While […]
The President of the Ghana Association Of Medical Herbalist, Dr. Tony Mensah (MH) in his speech at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Ghana Herbal Medical Students’ Association- KNUST emphatically acknowledged and hailed the great contribution of the Traditional Medicine Practitioners in sustaining the Herbal medicine industry. However, He said we are in the era […]
The longest-lived leaves in the plant kingdom can be found only in the harsh, hyperarid desert that crosses the boundary between southern Angola and northern Namibia. A desert is not, of course, the most hospitable place for living things to grow, let alone leafy greens, but the Namib Desert — the world’s oldest, with parts […]
As part of the Government initiative to support Traditional medicine in the country, enlisting recommended herbal medicines to the national health insurance medicine list is a major block towards achieving this feat. The Director for Traditional And Alternative Medicine Directorate, Dr. Mrs Anastasia Yirenkye announced that, before the end of the year, recommended herbal medicines […]
