- Dwindling prospects of mainstreaming African traditional medicine as a public health offering in SA0.06 MB
In his statement to the joint NIH-MRC South African Research summit on HIV and TB on 17 June 2013 the South Africa's minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi sates that ...'since his appointment in 2009 he has made it clear that all our policies in the Department of Health must be evidence based. Science and scientific evidence alone must guide our practices1. This paints a dim picture for the inclusion of African Traditional Medicine (ATM) in public health care facilities in South Africa.
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Written by Dr Barbara K Mashope, Research Specialist: Science and Technology Unit, Africa Institute of South Africa
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