African traditional medicine experts engage WHO

In a statement this morning, the WHO said the virtual meeting was attended by African traditional medicine experts. The meeting was called to discuss the role of traditional medicine in the COVID-19 response.

Africa’s proposed medicines to treat, manage or slow the coronavirus have been met with stiff resistance from the established scientific and academic corps, who have argued that the medicines are being recommended and even used on patients without being verified. Madagascar, which is promoting a variant of the locally prevalent lengana herb (Artemisia afra, African wormwood) is giving a tonic to its citizens and has signed up at least 10 African countries to its cure.