Practitioner urges government to pass Traditional Medicine Bill

To integrate traditional herbal medicine into the orthodox practice, the Founder, Quincy Wellness and Naturopathic Centre, Dr Quincy Olasumbo Ayodele has urged the Federal Government to regulate and promote the proper practice of traditional medicine in the country through the passage of the Traditional Medicine Bill. Ayodele, who is also a World Health Organisation (WHO) […]

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How Nigeria can make N13.58tr yearly from traditional medicine, by experts

Herbs Ahead of African Traditional Medicine Day (ATMD), today, experts have said Nigeria could make more than $19.4 billion (N13.58 trillion) yearly from ‘developing’ some aspects of traditional medicine (TM). They also made recommendations on how TM could be maximised to boost foreign exchange earnings and healthcare in the country. A professor of taxonomy and […]

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Nigeria’s slow, tedious road to herbal medicine development

NAFDAC’s insistence on clinical trials for traditional medicines before approval divides researchers Herbal medicine regulation deserves separate, independent agency, say practitioners The lack of encouragement for local herbal cures and remedies for diseases by the Federal Government (FG) and its agencies, especially the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raised […]

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