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Covid-19 vaccines face a trust gap against some traditional African remedies
By Farai Shawn Matiashe In the early days of Covid-19, people from Zimbabwe to Tanzania turned to home remedies for a disease about which little was
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Choose Ceylon Cinnamon As Not All Created Equal
DR RAPHAEL NYARKOTEY OBU AO and Gan, 2014, agree with this research especially in the colon; as their study asserts that cinnamon can improve the
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Medical Herbalist Interns And National Service Personnel Association-Ghana established
By Cephas Kwaku Debrah The Medical Herbalist Interns and National Service Personnel Association- Ghana (MHINSPA) is a unique association incorporated under Ghana Association of Medical
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Cameroon detects 2 cases of polio
Cameroon has launched an awareness campaign among the population after two cases of polio were detected in Yaounde, health officials said Thursday. “The response consists
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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
