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Zimbabweans pin hopes on woody shrub to beat COVID-19
Even as the world is bracing for vaccination drives to combat COVID-19, many people in the Southern African country of Zimbabwe have latched their hopes
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Of GHAFTRAM, Nibima and false accusations: the COVID-19 treatment turf war
By Nana Kwadwo Obiri, Secretary of GHAFTRAM Allegations by the Ghana Federation for Traditional Medicine Practitioners (GHAFTRAM), accusing the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) of
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Africa: Remote Areas in Africa Still Use this form of Healthcare system
Mr. Peter Atta Adjei, who happens to be one of the influential people at plant Development Department at the Centre for Plant Medicine Research in
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Suspected Ebola Cases Emerge Again in Guinea
The West Africa correspondent of Nairobi’s Daily Nation reports that Guinea’s health ministry said the deaths were reported in the south of the country, close to the borders with
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Alternative medicine market size is expected to generate a revenue of USD 210.81 billion by 2026
By Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, PhD The Traditional and Alternative Medicine draft bill 2014 defines alternative medicine as any form of treatment that is outside the mainstream
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Losing our future leaders to childhood cancer
By Pearlvis Atsu Kuadey “I thought cancer was only for adult, very old people. I never knew of a child having cancer until my son
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Rwanda: Cervical cancer is still leading in Rwanda
By Nasra Bishumba The number of people who have contracted cancer since 2015 has more than doubled, rising from 2,115 cases to 5,040 in 2019,
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Namibia: Leprosy Gradually On the Increase in Namibia
By Shelleygan Petersen Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is perceived as a forgotten or biblical illness, yet new cases continue to pop up in
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Traders excited over clinical trial of Nibima herbal for Covid-19 ‘treatment’
Some traders at the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra on Monday expressed optimism about the Nibima herbal preparation under clinical trial for the treatment
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Kenya: How Cancer Management is Changing
By Elizabeth Merab and Leon Lidigu As the world marked World cancer day on Thursday, Kenya continued facing a growing demand for treatments, with its
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Let’s make herbal industry attractive for the youth – NYA
Practitioners in herbal medicine have been urged to encourage and train young people to engage in the production of herbal medicine to sustain the industry.
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Africa: Is Mental Ill-Health the New Pandemic?
By Liz Nabakooza Kakooza On December 30, 2020, Representative Jamie Raskin (D) Maryland lost his 25-year-old son to suicide. Tommy Raskin, a budding law student
