Governments urged to introduce traditional treatment methods
Friday, July 02, 2010
For instance, a recent summit held in Nairobi, Kenya confirmed there is efficacy and substance in the traditional medicines, especially in the treatment of malaria. This is further reducing marathon controversies around introducing naked roots and leaves of both exotic and indigenous species in the treatment of a myriad of ailments and diseases.
This development comes against the backdrop of malaria onslaught in many poor communities that cannot afford accessing conventional drugs due to astronomical costs. "Malaria kills many people in Africa, both children and adults, despite the availability of free treatment in certain African countries.
We have noted the two parties throwing barbed wires at each other in the public domain in the past. The government through the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development is unrelenting in its position and continues to show the tribe that it is the custodian of bogosi issues.In the latest episode, the government has seemingly tensed its muscles and has been denying the residents of GammaNgwato in Serowe to access their kgotla to discuss...