The traditional uses and increasing popularity of African wormwood have resulted in a number of commercial herbal products. But with insufficient clinical data, it’s not yet known whether African ...

Registrar of Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board, Babatunde Adele, yesterday urged stakeholders in traditional medicine to improve research, and properly document their work. He said this is ...

Cyril Naidoo stands at the front of a crowded conference room, talking about a concept in family medicine called the iceberg theory. “When a patient comes to us with a headache, our job is to try and ...

31st August 2022 – today marks the World Health Organization (WHO) African Traditional Medicine Day. A day which promotes the important role of Africa’s rich biodiversity of medicinal plants and herbs ...

Organised by the Herbal Women’s Network Uganda, the conference brought together herbal leaders, cultural guides, counsellors, entrepreneurs, and digital content creators under the theme: Understanding ...

Congolese traditional medicine, rooted in cultural heritage, is disappearing due to the dominance of modern medicine; in rural areas, traditional healers remain essential, yet their knowledge is ...

BUSHBUCKRIDGE, South Africa (AP) — The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge are covered with traditional fabrics, with a small window the only source of ...

We look at the history of African American healing and medicine with Michele E. Lee. African American traditional medicine is an American classic that emerged out of the necessity of its people to ...

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the evidence base for traditional medicine, unveiling two key documents to guide its integration into Nigeria’s health system. The ...

History is often taught as if progress follows a single European path—moving from classical antiquity through the Renaissance and into modern science—while Africa appears late, peripheral, or absent.

Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu receives funding from the National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa. He is a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), Young Affiliate of the African Academy of ...